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Accident: 107024.015 - Electrical Contracting Employee Drowns

Accident: 107024.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 07/03/2018
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1327627.01507/05/2018Peaden, Llc.
At 9:00 p.m. on July 3, 2018, an employee was working for a firm of contractors that performed electrical and other wiring installations. He had just installed a pole and motion sensor for a dock behind a residential home. However, the walkway lights and motion sensors were not working on the dock. As the employee went out to the dock to do some troubleshooting, he somehow ended up in the water and drowned. He was found unresponsive floating in the water.
Keywords: water, dock, elec circ part--misc, electrician, electrical work, drown, drowning, construction
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
  Other   X
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1327627.015 36 M Fatality Other Electricians

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