Incident date: 2016-11-19
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was trimming a tree limb that was touching a powerline. When he grabbed the tree limb, he made indirect contact with the powerline, suffering third degree burns to both hands and his right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Trees, logs, limbs, unspecified
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree electrical burns
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate