Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 160119.015 - Employee dies after electrocuted drilling holes in wet area

Accident Summary Nr: 160119.015 -- Report ID: 0215300 -- Event Date: 09/19/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1698812.015	09/20/2023		237990	Del Valle Group, Llc.

Abstract: At 9:45 a.m. on September 19, 2023, an employee working as a carpenter for an engineering contractor was working on a marine construction operation. The employee was working with a coworker on the top of a working platform over the sea making drill holes before the installation of pier defenders for cruises. The crew was standing inside the water in the platform using an electrical tool. The employee received a 110-Volt electric shock while removing a HILTI core drill that got stuck inside of a wall of the pier. After the shock, the employee and the coworker both fell into the sea at a height of approximately 5 feet above the water. The coworker was treated at the hospital and released but the employee died from his injuries.

Keywords: Arm, Carpenter, Construction, Drilling, Electric Shock, Electrocuted, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI), Hand Tool, Insufficient Supervision, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Pier, Platform, Shock, Training, Water

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1698812.015	21	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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