Incident date: 2018-06-01
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was on the ground guiding a coconut tree that was suspended by a piece of equipment to position it in a hole. The palm frond touched an overhead powerline while the employee was touching the root and he received an electrical shock, burning his hands and the bottom of his feet.

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