Incident date: 2018-10-03
NAICS industry code: 238910

Between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. on October 3, 2018, an employee was guiding the butt of a wooden electrical pole, which was being lifted by the winch of a digger derrick. The employee's neck came into contact with the pole as it was being grabbed by the pole claws; the top of the pole moved into (or close to) overhead high-voltage electrical lines. The employee suffered a 69,000-volt electrical shock down the body and out his foot.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Utility and telephone poles
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate