Incident date: 2015-03-11
NAICS industry code: 238210

The company had identified that an underground short was occurring on a 7,200-volt line. The company was attempting to locate the short using a DC charge unit known as a "Thumper." The Thumper would shoot a charge through the line, and the employees would use equipment to triangulate the approximate location of the short. During one of these tests, a charge was sent through the line, and an employee received a shock severe enough to require hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate