OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221687882

BLANTON CONTRACTING LLC

WEST POINT, MS— 2024-07-30T00:00:00

Event: Applying, Construction, Contact, Electric Shock, Electrical Splice, Electrical Wire, Electrocuted, Energized, Installing, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Neck, Residential Construction, Roofer, Roofing, Shock
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347654766
Employer profile: BLANTON CONTRACTING LLC
Summary number: 221687882
Report ID: 0419400
Project type: C
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee dies from electrocution contacting energized wires

Investigation abstract

At 10:15 a.m. on July 30, 2024, an employee working as a roofer for a roofing contractor was applying underlayment near an electrical weatherhead. The employee made contact with an exposed energized electrical splice or splices. The employee was electrocuted and died as a result.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 32 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
595

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