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Accident Summary Nr: 145596.015 - Employee is electrocuted after contacting underground electr

Accident Summary Nr: 145596.015 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 04/18/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1590338.015	04/19/2022		238220	East Coast Crawl Llc

Abstract: At 10:45 a.m. on April 18, 2022, an employee was digging a shallow trench, along the perimeter of a residential home's crawl space to install French drains. When the employee struck an underground electrical line, he was electrocuted and killed.

Keywords: Electric Cable, Electrocuted, Installing, Residential Construction, Trench Digger

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1590338.015	32	M	Fatality		Supervisors, cleaning and building service workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause:

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