Incident date: 2020-06-30
NAICS industry code: 517919

An employee was sitting on a tower platform running a new cable to the top for a new antenna installation. A gust of wind blew the other end of the cable, causing it to swing and then strike proximal transmission lines. An arc occurred, and the current went into the employee's left arm and out his lower left side. He descended a fixed ladder with assistance and was hospitalized with electrical burns to the left arm, buttock, and thigh.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate