OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221465487

LOVETT ELECTRICAL SERVICES, LLC

FRANKLIN, TX· 2022-05-23T00:00:00

Event: Cardiac Arrest, Concrete Floor, Contact, Electrical Wire, Electrocuted, Energized, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Installing, Ladder, Lighting, Lighting Fixture, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout
NAICS: 238210
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345986319
Employer profile: LOVETT ELECTRICAL SERVICES, LLC
Summary number: 221465487
Report ID: 0625400

Event description

Employee is electrocuted and falls from ladder

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on May 23, 2022, an employee and a coworker were replacing two scene. industrial lights with LED lights which were positioned approximately ten feet above the concrete floor. Rather than use the lockout/tagout procedures mandated by the company and the facility's protocol, the employees chose to bypass the procedures and just turn off breakers. However, the employees were not able to identify the correct breakers so the employee continued to work while the coworker took a smoke break. While the employee was wiring the LED industrial light on a ten foot Rock River ladder, he made contact with live electrical part, was electrocuted, fell from the ladder and was pronounced dead at the

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 42 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
575

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