Incident date: 2015-08-30
NAICS industry code: 561730

During a power outage, an employee was helping to clear a line of tree branches at an electrical substation using a pole pruner. A branch fell after it was cut, striking a live line and the employee.  The employee got shocked and was burned on his hands and torso.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Limbs, branches-unattached
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate