Incident date: 2025-04-29
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was working from a bucket truck to install an underground primary wire on an overhead structure. He was hanging a pulling block to install pulling ropes that would pull the underground primary wire through conduits when an arc flash occurred, causing electrical burns to his upper torso, right arm, and both hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to electric arc
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrical burns  any degree
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate