Fort Lauderdale, FL – A landscaping worker died after coming into contact with a live electrical wire while working at a Fort Lauderdale property, according to local fire rescue officials investigating the incident.<\/p>\n
The accident happened Thursday in the area of Northeast 15th Court in Fort Lauderdale. <\/p>\n
Authorities said the worker, believed to be a man in his 70s, was trimming trees and performing landscaping work when he reportedly struck or touched an energized power line near the property.<\/p>\n
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue crews responded after receiving emergency calls about an electrocution involving a worker in a tree. <\/p>\n
First responders arrived to find the landscaper suffering from serious electrical injuries caused by contact with the wire.<\/p>\n
Officials said emergency personnel transported the man to a nearby hospital for treatment shortly after the incident occurred. <\/p>\n
Authorities later confirmed the worker died from his injuries after arriving at the hospital.<\/p>\n
Investigators have not publicly released the victim\u2019s identity pending notification of family members. <\/p>\n
Officials also have not said whether the power line was clearly visible before the incident or whether the worker had been using specialized safety equipment at the time.<\/p>\n
No additional injuries were reported at the scene. <\/p>\n
Utility crews and emergency responders remained in the area for several hours while investigators worked to secure the scene and determine exactly how the accident happened.<\/p>\n
Authorities said the investigation remains ongoing. <\/p>\n
Officials have not confirmed whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will conduct a separate workplace safety review connected to the incident.<\/p>\n
The fatal accident comes as officials continue warning workers and contractors about the dangers of overhead power lines during landscaping and tree trimming operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Lauderdale, FL – A landscaping worker died after coming into contact with a live electrical wire while…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[690,28175,116595,47,249,251,250,5078,658,116596,116594,481,13935,5499,14457],"class_list":["post-273217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-accident","tag-contact","tag-fire-rescue-officials","tag-fl","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-hospital","tag-incident","tag-landscaper","tag-landscaping-worker","tag-property","tag-trees","tag-wire","tag-worker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}