One worker electrocuted, two who try to help him injured
OSHA has cited a Pennsylvania contractor for health and safety violations following an electrical accident on April 12, 2018 that killed one worker and injured two others.
News sources said a crew employed by Pipe Contracting LLC was repairing the sewer system when a machine the workers were using touched a 23,000-volt high-tension line. The volts traveled down the machine and electrocuted 30-year-old Christopher J. Diaz. Two other workers who tried to pull the equipment off Diaz also suffered electrical shocks and were taken to a local hospital.