Incident date: 2020-11-10
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was the bucket of a bucket truck, installing a new light bulb at one end of an overhead street light arm. The opposite end of the street light arm fell and made contact with an energized overhead power line. The resulting arc flash caused second-degree burns to the employee's back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Second degree electrical burns
code_body: title: Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
severity: moderate