Incident date: 2019-08-07
NAICS industry code: 561730

An arborist was working in a tree, approximately 30 feet above grade, when a felled branch contacted a single-phase electrical line. This caused the employee to sustain an electrical shock and burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Limbs, branches-unattached
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate