Incident date: 2020-06-18
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was trimming a tree at heights when a tree branch contacted power lines. The employee was indirectly shocked and sustained burns to the right hand and both forearms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Limbs, branches-unattached
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate