OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221405509

ABEL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INCORPORATED

BELLEFONTE, PA· 2021-10-25T00:00:00

Event: Cardiac Arrest, Contact, Electrocuted, Excavator, Installing, Pipe, Power Lines, Trench, Unguarded Live Parts
NAICS: 237310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345602379
Employer profile: ABEL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INCORPORATED
Summary number: 221405509
Report ID: 0316700
Project type: A
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee is electrocuted and killed while working in trench

Investigation abstract

At 12:45 p.m. on October 25, 2021, an employee placed pipe in a trench. An excavator (Case-300D) was operated approximately forty feet away and contacted a 26 KV live line. Upon contact with the line, electric current traveled to the other side of the trench and electrocuted the employee. The employee was killed due to cardiac arrest.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
869

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