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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221647860

76061 - MODERN MAINTENANCE INC

Event
Aerial Lift, Contact, Electrocuted, Energized, Overhead Power Line, Welder, Welding
NAICS
561790
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#347334146
Employer profile
76061 - MODERN MAINTENANCE INC
Summary number
221647860
Report ID
0454510

Event description

Employee is killed when lift boom contacts overhead power li

Investigation abstract

Around 1:30 p.m. on March 6, 2024, an employee, a welder, was in a diesel powered aerial lift in order to assist a coworker who was running piping around a wall. The coworker was working on the pipes with the employee was welding from his aerial lift. The employee finished welding at one spot and was moving to the next spot when the lift boom contacted a 7,200- volt overhead power line, resulting in an electrocution. The employee was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 53 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    999

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