Incident date: 2022-07-11
NAICS industry code: 336992

An employee was securely elevated in a bucket truck when they received an electrical shock from a high-voltage power line. The employee fell down in the bucket after he sustained the shock. The employee then stood up and his basket was lowered to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with burns to both arms and hands.

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, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate