Incident date: 2016-08-26
NAICS industry code: 238140

On August 28, 2016, the owner of the independent contractor crew and his laborer were moving a wheel barrow of material when it struck a metal pole of a pump jack scaffold. The pump jack scaffold was dislodged and the top pole of the scaffold struck an overhead power line. Both men attempted to move the wheel barrow and the scaffold with their hands and received an electrical shock and third degree burns to their hands. Both were hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Wheelbarrow
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree electrical burns
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: low