Incident date: 2020-08-07
NAICS industry code: 236220

A work crew was moving concrete barriers along a traffic lane using an excavator with a barrier lifter. The excavator's boom contacted a 19.9-kilovolt overhead power line, and an employee was shocked. The employee suffered burns to the right hand and right foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate