Incident date: 2018-07-23
NAICS industry code: 213112

An employee was acting as a ground guide for a rough-terrain forklift that was loading material onto a flatbed truck. The forklift's boom came into contact with overhead power lines while the employee was touching the forklift. The employee suffered electrical burns to his hands and feet.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate