OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221723570
157859 - DUKE ENERGY PROGRESS, LLC
SANFORD, NC—
Event description
Employee dies when electrocuted restoring power to pedestal
Investigation abstract
On November 24, 2024, an employee working for a power company was responding to pedestal that provided power to the two houses that had lost power. When the coworker came back over to the pedestal where the employee was working, he found the employee slumped over the pedestal unresponsive. The coworker attempted CPR and called 911. The employee had been electrocuted and was pronounced dead at the scene by EMS. a call of a power outage for customers in an established neighborhood. The employee and a coworker determined that there was no power travelling from one pedestal to another pedestal. A pedestal is a box where the underground cables come up and connections are made to split the power to different residences. The coworker was running a temporary mining cable along the top of the ground to connect the cable to restore power to the houses. A mining cable is a heavily shielded and insulated cable that can be laid on top of the ground to bypass a damaged section of cable as a temporary fix. The employee was working at the
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Event type
- 13
- Occupation code
- 999
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