OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221622095

SOUTH TEXAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.

NURSERY, TX· 2023-12-02T00:00:00

Event: Cardiac Arrest, Electrical Burn, Electrocuted, Overheated, Repair, Transformer
NAICS: 221121
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347148777
Employer profile: SOUTH TEXAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.
Summary number: 221622095
Report ID: 0626000

Event description

Employee is killed when electrocuted

Investigation abstract

At 8:45 a.m. on December 2, 2023, an employee was conducting repairs in the transformer cabinet, because the step-down transformer 480 VAC 3 phase Axillary A was overheating. The employee was electrocuted and suffered cardiac arrest and electrical burns. The employee was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 77 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
555

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