Incident date: 2022-05-16
NAICS industry code: 541320

An employee was operating a walk-behind mower when it struck a support/guy wire for a power pole. The guy wire began to whip and came in contact with an energized power line at the top of the power pole. Electricity travelled down the wire, through the machine, and shocked the employee. He was then thrown from the mower. The employee sustained electric shock and burns to the right hand and left big toe.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Lawn mowers-nonriding, powered
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate