OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221384464
103344 - JASON SHANNON FOSTER DBA ABOVE ALL TREE SERVICE
ELK RIVER, MN·
Event description
Employee is electrocuted when making contact with powerline
Investigation abstract
At 12:20 p.m. on August 13, 2021, an employee was clearing branches from a pine tree with a silky saw near a powerline on a residential home. The employee was standing on a 6-foot ladder using the telescoping silky saw when he brought the saw within 10 inches of the powerline, resulting in his electrocution and death.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Event type
- 13
- Occupation code
- 999
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