OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221691165

R.J.S. ELECTRIC, INC.

BOCA RATON, FL— 2024-08-08T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Ceiling, Climbing, Climbing on Ladder, Concrete Floor, Fall, Fiberglass, Head, Ladder, Muscle cramps, Struck Against, Struck By, Transformer
NAICS: 238210
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347678153
Employer profile: R.J.S. ELECTRIC, INC.
Summary number: 221691165
Report ID: 0418800
Project type: A
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee is killed in fall from ladder after electrical inci

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 p.m. on August 8, 2024, an employee was working from a 12-foot A-frame fiberglass ladder, standing on the seventh step, while connecting cables for a new power pack's transformer to the ceiling lighting of a new clubhouse gym. The employee experienced pain and exhibited signs of muscle spasms before falling backward from approximately 7 feet. He struck his head on the concrete floor, sustaining blunt force trauma. The incident resulted in a fatality.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 62 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
575

Fall distance
7

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