Incident date: 2020-05-21
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was climbing a ladder to repair a piece of fascia when the piece of facia contacted a powerline. He received an electric shock and suffered second and third degree burns on 40 percent of his body (mostly his back and hands). He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Building materials-solid elements, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree electrical burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate