OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221419963
NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY, A WISCONSIN CORPORATION
CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI·
Event description
Employee dies from electric shock from overhead power transm
Investigation abstract
On December 8, 2021, Employee #1 was working as part of a three man crew to lay foot was also amputated. up barges, spuds, and spud holders on dry land with a mobile crane on a tract of land near the south Wissota hydroelectric power plant for the winter season. At approximately 9:00 a.m., the cable of a crane operated by a coworker contacted an overhead power transmission line, while Employee #1 was holding onto the rigging to place it into the bed of a pickup truck. The coworker called emergency medical services (EMS) and began performing CPR until EMS arrived and took over. Employee #1 was transported to a hospital for treatment for electric shock and burn-related injuries and died on December 19, 2021. Employee #1's
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Event type
- 13
- Occupation code
- 869
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