Incident date: 2021-05-26
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was trimming a pecan tree with a hand saw. He had climbed the tree and was pulling a limb back to cut it when the limb contacted power lines. The employee was shocked and suffered burns to both hands and both knees.

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