Incident date: 2017-03-30
NAICS industry code: 238210

Employees were guiding a metal light pole from its base to the ground. As the employees were guiding the light pole, the top portion of the light pole came in contact with a 7200v overhead power line. All three employees received burns to their hands and one employee received burns to the upper torso.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Lamp posts, street lights
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate