Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 159456.015 - Employee dies when electrocuted by PIT arc flash

Accident Summary Nr: 159456.015 -- Report ID: 0627500 -- Event Date: 05/16/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1671027.015	05/17/2023		237120	Culberson Construction, Llc

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on May 16, 2023, an employee working as a supervisor for an oil and gas drilling company was operating a powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee was using the PIT boom to reposition a pipe which had been removed from a tank battery. The employee raised the boom and made contact with live power lines. The employee exited the energized PIT and tried to extinguish the flames under the vehicle. The employee died when he was electrocuted by a resulting arc flash.

Keywords: Clearance, Electric Arc Flash, Electric Shock, Electrocuted, Equipment Operator, Fire, Gas Well Drilling, Industrial Truck, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Oil Well Drilling, PIV, Pipe, Power Lines, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Shock

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair				0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1671027.015	28	M	Fatality		Supervisors, production occupations	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause:

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