Incident date: 2019-01-02
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was guiding a crane to pick up a spool of wire. While pulling the crane hook over to the spool of wire he reduced the distance to the 19.9 phase 2 ground overhead power line. The power line then arced across to the crane's wire rope shocking the employee. He was also burned on the left wrist and hand and both feet and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Cranes, unspecified
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate