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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221647829

Ballast--Lighting,Contact,Electric Shock,Electrical Wire,Electrical Work,Electrician,Electrocuted,Glove,Inexperience,Lack of Engineering Controls,Ladder,Lockout,Lockout/Tagout,Metal Ladder,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Multi-employer Worksite,Multiemployer,PPE,PPE Hazard Assessment,Protective Clothing,Removal,Shock,Wrong Equipment

Event
Ballast--Lighting,Contact,Electric Shock,Electrical Wire,Electrical Work,Electrician,Electrocuted,Glove,Inexperience,Lack of Engineering Controls,Ladder,Lockout,Lockout/Tagout,Metal Ladder,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Multi-employer Worksite,Multiemployer,PPE,PPE Hazard Assessment,Protective Clothing,Removal,Shock,Wrong Equipment
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
221647829
Report ID
0214200
Project type
C
Construction end-use
C

Event description

Employee dies from electrocution while removing light ballas

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 27 M

    Event type
    13
    Occupation code
    575

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