Incident date: 2021-08-04
NAICS industry code: 484230

Two employees were transporting a cold box with a self-propelled modular transporter. As the load passed a power pole with a distribution transformer, the transformer arced onto a chain securing the load. The current traveled through the equipment and shocked both employees.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: low