OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221693328

A-CLASS CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION

PHILADELPHIA, PA— 2024-08-17T00:00:00

Event: Contact, Electric Shock, Electrocuted, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Ground, Power Line Worker, Power Lines, Scaffold, Unconsciousness, Unresponsive
NAICS: 238130
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347693863
Employer profile: A-CLASS CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION
Summary number: 221693328
Report ID: 0317000
Project type: A
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee is killed when electrocuted and falls from scaffold

Investigation abstract

At 8:11 a.m. on August 17, 2024, Employee #1 was erecting the 6th level of a scaffold when a frame member of the scaffold came into contact with an energized overhead power line. The employee suffered an electrical shock and subsequently fell approximately 30 feet to the ground level. Emergency responders were called to the scene, but the employee was pronounced dead from the injuries sustained from both the electrical shock and the fall.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
563

Fall distance
30

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