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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221399363

STALEY ELECTRIC SERVICES, LLC

Event
Circuit Breaker, Electric Shock, Electrical Work, Electrician, Electrocuted, Installing, Ladder, Lighting
NAICS
238210
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345567002
Employer profile
STALEY ELECTRIC SERVICES, LLC
Summary number
221399363
Report ID
0627100
Project type
A
Construction end-use
C

Event description

Employee is electrocuted and killed while installing light f

Investigation abstract

At 7:00 a.m. on October 6, 2021, an employee installed light fixtures and was in the process of assembling a terminal to an electrical circuit. While working, a coworker turned on the circuit breaker to the circuit the employee was working on. The employee received a 277-volt electric shock and fell from an eight-foot ladder. The employee was killed by electrocution.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 28 M

    Event type
    13
    Occupation code
    576

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