Incident date: 2015-03-26
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee on an elevated aerial lift was attempting to hang a dead-end structure on a pole. The wire he was holding contacted energized wires (7200 V), shocking the employee. He was hospitalized with burns to his right shoulder and the skin on his stomach.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Electric parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate