Incident date: 2022-03-24
NAICS industry code: 423620

An employee was working on a non-energized power pole that had new wire strung on it the previous day. While he was removing a traveler that was in his way, he came into contact with the adjacent 7,200-volt live line. He was shocked, briefly losing consciousness and suffering entry and exit burns to the right thumb, right middle finger, left thumb, and left index finger. He was hospitalized, requiring skin grafts.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate