Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 165589.015 - Employee dies, electrocuted when truss contacts power line

Accident Summary Nr: 165589.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 04/02/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1739199.015	04/04/2024		237130	Osmose Utilities Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 5:00 p.m. on April 2, 2024, an employee and a coworker (foreman) working for a utilities service were treating a utility pole with chemicals for to prevent pests. The crew was preparing the pole for the installation of a steel support truss. They had finished excavating the hole and applied the chemical treatments at the base of the pole. At this time, the employee was carrying the truss in order to place it into position by the pole for a second crew to install it. As the employee carried the pole vertically, it contacted a live overhead power line. The employee died due to electrocution.

Keywords: Arm, Carry, Clearance, Contact, Elec Utility Work, Electric Shock, Electrical Wire, Electrocuted, Foot, Lack of Engineering Controls, Line Clearance, Material Handling, Metal, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Overhead Power Line, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Power Lines, Shock, Steel, Torso, Truss, Weather, Wrong Equipment

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerline, transmission line		Alteration or rehabilitation				0	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1739199.015	26	M	Fatality		Electrical Power-Line	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause:

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