OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221643968

BAGLEY & WEBB LANDSCAPING, LLC.

JACKSONVILLE, FL· 2024-02-24T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Branch, Contact, Cutting, Electric Shock, Electric current, Electrical Wire, Electrocuted, Entangled, Foot, Glove, Hand, Hand Tool, Head, Inexperience, Laborer, Lack of Engineering Controls, Landscaper, Landscaping, Material Handling, Metal Pole, Overhead Power Line, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Power Lines, Saw, Shock, Torso, Tree Branch, Tree Trimming, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347302283
Employer profile: BAGLEY & WEBB LANDSCAPING, LLC.
Summary number: 221643968
Report ID: 0419700

Event description

Employee trimming tree branch dies when electrocuted

Investigation abstract

At 11:15 a.m. on February 24, 2024, an employee working as a laborer for a landscaping company was trying to untangle a tree branch from power line. The employee was using a pole saw to cut the branch when he touched the pole on the power line. The employee died when he was electrocuted.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 47 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
889

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