Worker dies electrocuted while carrying out public lighting work
The operator had only been working with the lighting contracting company for three days
Valledupar - Colombia. On a work day in the Las Américas sector in Valledupar, a tragedy struck the community when Fidel Antonio Ballestas Ariza, 31 years old and from Santa Marta, lost his life due to an electric shock while carrying out lighting work. city public.
The fatal incident occurred when Ballestas Ariza and his colleagues were carrying out changes to a lighting pole. At the time of the event, the fatal victim was manipulating cables at height, while his colleagues were carrying out various tasks at the base of the pole.
A loud sound suddenly alerted the workers, who, upon approaching, discovered that his colleague was suspended. After verifying the situation, they confirmed his death.
The employees of the company Estiv S.A.S E.S.P, in charge of the city's public lighting, acted quickly to lower Ballestas Ariza's body from the pole to the platform. Subsequently, the CTI of the Prosecutor's Office carried out the corresponding survey.
The company issued a statement expressing its condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the deceased. In addition, he announced the opening of an exhaustive investigation to clarify the circumstances and causes of this tragic event.
It has been learned that Ballestas Ariza had been working for the contracting company Lumarg Ingeniería S.A.S. for just three days. and lived in the Tierra Prometida neighborhood of Valledupar.
