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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221615214

BRIDGEPOINT COMMUNICATIONS INC.

Event
Bucket, Communication Cable, Communication Worker, Electric Shock, Electrocuted, Overhead Power Line
NAICS
517919
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#347093841
Employer profile
BRIDGEPOINT COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Summary number
221615214
Report ID
0626300

Event description

Communications employee is electrocuted while in bucket

Investigation abstract

At 5:15 p.m. on November 7, 2023, an employee was in a bucket, while it was being driven out of a residential driveway. He was pushing a communications line out of the way so the truck he was on could pass underneath of it. The employee pushed the communications line out of the way, when he was shocked by the power line that ran above the communications line. The employee was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 29 M

    Event type
    13

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