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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221400096

PASCHAL HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING CO., INC.

Event
Electrical Burn, Electrical Work, Electrical panel, Electrocuted, Hand, Neck, Unguarded Live Parts, Unresponsive, Water Heater
NAICS
238220
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345570667
Employer profile
PASCHAL HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING CO., INC.
Summary number
221400096
Report ID
0627100
Project type
C
Construction end-use
H

Event description

Employee is electrocuted and killed while working on live el

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 p.m. on October 8, 2021, an employee worked with a coworker on a live electrical control panel. The employee sent the coworker to another panel to turn on power to a water heater. When the coworker returned, the coworker found the employee unresponsive on the floor. Emergency medical services responded and pronounced the employee's death. The employee was killed by electrocution and was found with electrical burns to the hands and neck.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 50 M

    Event type
    13
    Occupation code
    575

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