Incident date: 2020-08-11
NAICS industry code: 237130

Employees were utilizing boom trucks to transfer live power lines to a new pole. One of the employees reached out to another to grab a tool while simultaneously holding the power line and experienced an electric shock. The injured 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