Incident date: 2021-12-29
NAICS industry code: 238210

Employees were installing a new utility pole next to a live line. The energized line contacted the boom of the bucket truck they were using. One employee suffered third-degree burns to the chest and legs. Another, in the lift bucket, was injured by an arc flash that happened when the line contacted the lift again. That employee suffered third-degree burns to the face and chest.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree electrical burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: low