OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221458078

CNS ELECTRIC LLC

HOUSTON, TX· 2022-04-26T00:00:00

Event: Bladder, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Ceiling, Commercial Building, Construction, Electric Shock, Electrical Wire, Electrical Work, Electrician, Electrocuted, Energized, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Hand, Head, Installing, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Lighting Fixture, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Metal Ladder, Shock
NAICS: 238210
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345924062
Employer profile: CNS ELECTRIC LLC
Summary number: 221458078
Report ID: 0626600
Project type: B
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee installing lighting is electrocuted, falls, and is

Investigation abstract

At 9:19 p.m. on April 26, 2022, an employee who worked as an Electrician was in the process of installing new electrical wiring connections from a ceiling grid to LED lighting in a suite within an office building. The employee was standing on a metal ladder while replacing the ceiling light fixtures when he contacted a live 277 volt wire that had not been deenergized. The employee was killed after being electrocuted and incurring blunt force trauma to his head from falling off the ladder.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 42 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
575

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