Incident date: 2025-06-19
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was inside an insulated bucket truck working on an energized power line. He was tying the neutral conductor onto the insulator when his upper back/neck made contact with an energized switch (7.2 kV). Electric current flowed from his upper back/neck to his left hand, resulting in a severe burn to his left arm and other burns to his upper torso.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrical burns and electrocution
code_body: title: Body systems and other part(s) of body
severity: moderate