OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221693641

GARCIA'S LAWN SERVICES INC

CAPE CORAL, FL— 2024-08-18T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Clearance, Contact, Cutting, Elbow, Electric Shock, Electrical Wire, Electrocuted, Energized, Engineering Controls, Falling Object, Finger, Glove, Hand, Laborer, Lack of Engineering Controls, Landscaper, Landscaping, Line Clearance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Palm Frond Skirt, Palm Tree, Shock, Unsafe Position, Work Surface
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347695280
Employer profile: GARCIA'S LAWN SERVICES INC
Summary number: 221693641
Report ID: 0420600

Event description

Employee dies, electrocuted cutting palm that contacted wire

Investigation abstract

At 2:00 p.m. on August 18, 2024, an employee working as a laborer for a landscaping service was cutting palm fronds. One of the cut palm fronds fell onto energized electrical wires while in contact with the employee. The employee was electrocuted and died as a result.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 33 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
795

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