Incident date: 2015-09-02
NAICS industry code: 221122

On September 2, 2015, at 10:30 a.m., an employee was in an elevated man basket approximately 20 feet above ground, stapling the copper ground wire to a utility pole, when he received an electrical shock through his right shoulder and left hand. He was hospitalized. PPE equipment was not used at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate