OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221647829

BLUSPARKZ ELECTRIC CORP

EAST HANOVER, NJ· 2024-02-20T00:00:00

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
NAICS: 238210
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347292500
Employer profile: BLUSPARKZ ELECTRIC CORP
Summary number: 221647829
Report ID: 0214200
Project type: C
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee dies from electrocution while removing light ballas

Investigation abstract

At 7:18 p.m. on February 20, 2024, an employee working as an electrician for an electrical contractor was removing a light ballast from a ceiling. The employee died from electrocution after his ladder became energized.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
575

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