Incident date: 2018-09-24
NAICS industry code: 238210

An electrical lineman working in an elevated bucket sustained an electrical burn under his ribs and atrial fibrillation when the rope he was using to dismantle an overhead electrical distribution system contacted an energized line.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Rope, twine, string
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate