An employee died from injuries sustained while working with equipment that touched an overhead power line. A worker for the same company suffered injuries previously in a similar incident. Now the company faces almost half-a-million dollars in OSHA fines.

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Tags: electrocution, overhead power line, Severe Violator Enforcement Program, willful violation

An employee was electrocuted while working to restore power to a pumping station. OSHA heard about the fatality and investigated. The agency says workers lacked safety gear.

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Tags: electrocution, energized electrical parts, lockout/tagout, maintenance

Cal-OSHA is looking into a fatality involving a 19-year-old gas station employee.

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Tags: changing a light bulb, electrocution, severe grief reaction

A recent fatality shows once again why employees working near power lines need to plan their tasks with electrical hazards in mind.

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Tags: burns, electrical hazards, electrocution, power lines