Incident date: 2015-05-27
NAICS industry code: 238210

The employee was installing plastic electrical conduit onsite. The circuit was energized from a 7200 volt transformer located near the sidewalk. When the employee attempted to connect the conduit to the transformer, his right bicep contacted the transformer. The employee was on his knees when he received the electrical shock and he fell backwards and/or collapsed. He was admitted to the hospital on 5/28/2015 at or around 4:30 p.m. and treated for burns received from the electrical shock.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate