Incident date: 2023-08-02
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was on the ground preparing to receive a wire stringing steel rope being flown by a helicopter. The employee grabbed the steel line and was shocked by electricity from the line on his right hand. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for nerve damage to his hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate