OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221614951

WAVE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

CAMBRIDGE, MA· 2023-11-07T00:00:00

Event: Cable, Cutting, Demolition, E GI IV (no lockout), E TC (telecom work), Electrocuted, Lighting Circuit, Lockout/Tagout, Stepladder, Telecom Work
NAICS: 517919
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347090045
Employer profile: WAVE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Summary number: 221614951
Report ID: 0134000
Project type: D
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee is fatally electrocuted during data center demoliti

Investigation abstract

At 8:15 a.m. on November 7, 2023, an employee was standing on a 6-foot stepladder, preparing a telecommunications relay assembly for demolition, by cutting a bundle of network cables leading into the relay. The employee was electrocuted while preparing the telecommunications relay for demolition. The employee's heart rhythm could not be reestablished after electrocution. A 207V/15A lighting circuit was not deenergized and contact with live and exposed parts of this circuit caused the fatal injury.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 44 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
683

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