Incident date: 2019-05-17
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was using a pry bar to shift a water line over to connect it to the existing line. When he ran the pry bar into the ground, he struck a 15,000-volt electrical line, resulting in shock and burn injuries.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Crowbars
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate