OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221701493

IMON COMMUNICATIONS

IOWA CITY, IA— 2024-09-11T00:00:00

Event: Bucket, Bucket Truck, Burn, Contact, Electric Shock, Electrical Wire, Electrocuted, High Voltage, Lift Bucket, Power Line Worker, Power Lines, Shock, Truck, Wire Line
NAICS: 517311
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347755126
Employer profile: IMON COMMUNICATIONS
Summary number: 221701493
Report ID: 0751910

Event description

Employee contacts power line while relocating telecommunicat

Investigation abstract

At 9:45 a.m. on September 11, 2024, Employee #1, employed by a telecommunications company, was using a bucket truck to move or raise telecommunications wires during the relocation of a house. During the task, he made contact with a live electrical wire. Employee #1 sustained a fatal electrocution and burns as a result of the contact.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 37 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
523

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