Incident date: 2021-02-23
NAICS industry code: 237990

An employee was pulling cable while standing in front of a directional drilling machine when the machine struck an electrical pole riser. The electrical pole riser clamp had a power cord that contacted the drilling machine. The employee was shocked and sustained burns to the right hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Electric parts, unspecified
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate