OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221647639

THE ULTIMATE POWER CONNECTION

DALLAS, TX· 2024-03-03T00:00:00

Event: Apprentice, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Construction, Electrical Work, Electrician, Eye, Eye protection, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Ground Rod, Grounding Rod, Head, Inexperience, Installing, Insufficient Supervision, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Traumatic Brain Injury
NAICS: 238210
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347331795
Employer profile: THE ULTIMATE POWER CONNECTION
Summary number: 221647639
Report ID: 0626300
Project type: C
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee dies of brain injury after fall on grounding rod

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on March 3, 2024, an employee working as an electrician apprentice for an electrical contractor was installing an 8-foot-5/8-inch grounding rod when he fell onto the rod. The rod entered the employee's left eye and penetrated his brain. According to medical examiner's report, the employee died from penetrating blunt force injuries of the head. Specific and detailed causes of death are found in the medical examiner's report.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 51 M

Event type
4

Occupation code
576

Fall distance
0

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