OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221747405

AMERICA PRO BUILDERS INC

FALL RIVER, MA— 2025-03-04T00:00:00

Event: Construction, Electrocuted, Energized, Gutter, Installing, KV (Kilovolts), Power Lines, Pump Jack Scaffold
NAICS: 238170
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #348081415
Employer profile: AMERICA PRO BUILDERS INC
Summary number: 221747405
Report ID: 0111400
Project type: B
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee electrocuted removing gutter

Investigation abstract

Employee was removing a gutter from a residential structure working from a pump-jack scaffold system erected 4.5 feet from a 79 kilovolt primary power line. The gutter contacted the power line and the employee was electrocuted.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
869

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