OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221616063

AVERY ENTERPRISE CONSTRUCTION, LLC

AKRON, OH· 2023-11-08T00:00:00

Event: Burn, Contact, Electric Cord, Electric Shock, Electrical Burn, Electrocuted, Fiberglass, Gin Pole, Installing, Lighting, Lightning, Overhead Power Line, Power Lines, Residential Construction, Shock, Tree
NAICS: 238130
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347101172
Employer profile: AVERY ENTERPRISE CONSTRUCTION, LLC
Summary number: 221616063
Report ID: 0522300

Event description

Employee suffers electrocution while hanging Christmas light

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 a.m. on November 8, 2023, Employee #1 was working for a framing contractor. Employee #1 was hanging Christmas Lights on an evergreen tree at a residential address. Employee #1 was using a fiberglass pole to hang Christmas lights on an evergreen tree in the backyard of a residential home. The fiberglass pole and/or Christmas lights contacted the energized 69KV power line and the employee was electrocuted. Employee #1 also suffered 3rd degree burns.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
869

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