Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221500531

MUNICIPIO DE CAGUAS

Event
Cable, Climbing, Electric Shock, Electrocuted, Shock
NAICS
562991
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345975429
Employer profile
MUNICIPIO DE CAGUAS
Summary number
221500531
Report ID
0257260

Event description

Employee is killed by electrocution

Investigation abstract

At 9:30 a.m. on May 20, 2022, Employee # 1 was beginning to empty a septic well. He climbed on top of a truck to move a set of cables and he received an electric shock from them. Employee # 1 was electrocuted and suffered severe trauma to his cranium. He was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 46 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    804

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