U.S. Department of Labor | The U.S. DOL has cited a Florida utility construction contractor for Duke Energy after one worker was electrocuted and two others injured at a Seminole site in August 2025.
Investigators with the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) determined a work crew from Primoris Services Corp., operating as Primoris T&D Services LLC, was replacing a utility pole when the pole contacted an energised overhead transmission line, fatally electrocuting a lineman and sending two other workers to the hospital.
OSHA cited the employer with three serious violations for failing to ensure employees maintained the required minimum approach distance from exposed energised parts or have the transmission line deenergised, assign a designated observer to monitor approach distances and provide warnings, and ensure the job briefing covered special precautions required when working under energised transmission lines.
OSHA proposed $49,650 in penalties.
The employer has contested the citations before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
