OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221655897

OSMOSE UTILITIES SERVICES, INC.

WEST HELENA, AR· 2024-04-02T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Carry, Clearance, Contact, Elec Utility Work, Electric Shock, Electrical Wire, Electrocuted, Foot, Lack of Engineering Controls, Line Clearance, Material Handling, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Overhead Power Line, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Power Lines, Shock, Steel, Torso, Truss, Weather, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 237130
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347391997
Employer profile: OSMOSE UTILITIES SERVICES, INC.
Summary number: 221655897
Report ID: 0627100
Project type: B
Construction end-use: O

Event description

Employee dies, electrocuted when truss contacts power line

Investigation abstract

At 5:00 p.m. on April 2, 2024, an employee and a coworker (foreman) working for a utilities service were treating a utility pole with chemicals for to prevent pests. The crew was preparing the pole for the installation of a steel support truss. They had finished excavating the hole and applied the chemical treatments at the base of the pole. At this time, the employee was carrying the truss in order to place it into position by the pole for a second crew to install it. As the employee carried the pole vertically, it contacted a live overhead power line. The employee died due to electrocution.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 26 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
7015

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