(L.A.) Arthur Zimmerman, Jr., 65, Died in a Hospital

Case Number: 2023-01073

Los Angeles County is reporting the death of a 65-year-old Caucasian male that occurred in a hospital.

The coroner’s office has identified the man as Arthur Zimmerman, Jr.

Manner of Death: Accident

Cause of Death: Electrocution

RIP ARTHUR ZIMMERMAN, JR. (March 25, 1957 – January 27, 2023)

Formal pronouncement of death was made on Friday at 5:54 a.m.

OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) investigated this case. The decedent was the owner of Zimm’S Industrial Repair, Inc. in Long Beach.

Investigation Nr: 153641.015
Event: 01/27/2023

At 4:45 a.m. on January 27, 2023, an employee, the owner of the company, was removing a buss bar on a 575-volt electrical pillar cabinet as part of a demolition project. He received a verbal clearance that the cabinet had been shut off and de-energized. As he was descending a portable ladder to open the cabinet’s side panel, he contacted a live wire and suffered an arc flash electrocution.