Incident date: 2025-03-20
NAICS industry code: 531311

Two maintenance employees were setting a ladder up on a building to access the roof and work on an air conditioning condenser. While setting the extension, the wind moved the ladder, causing it to contact an energized electrical line. Both employees were shocked and they sustained heart arrhythmias and burns to their hands and feet. The employees were hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrical burns and electrocution
code_body: title: Body systems and other part(s) of body
severity: low