Incident date: 2022-04-11
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was using a grade pole to measure the grade in a trench box. As the employee was pulling the pole out of the trench box, the pole was blown into an electric line by a gust of wind, causing the employee to be electrocuted. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate