Incident date: 2017-05-10
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was re-erecting goal posts below a power line when the stringer of flags on one end of the goal posts became hung up on the passenger-side rear-view mirror of a haul truck. The injured employee was attempting to free the stringer of flags when a coworker raised a PVC pipe to place it over a t-post. The top of the PVC pole, where the stringer of flags was tied, came into contact with the overhead power line. The employee sustained burns to his left arm, left hand, and right foot. He was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate