Incident date: 2022-07-13
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was dead-ending an electrical connection. After coming down in the bucket truck the employee realized he left a nylon strap on the upper portion of the pole. While retrieving the strap the employee made contact with an energized line resulting in a shock. The employee sustained burns to the left arm, back, and chest.

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