Incident date: 2017-10-10
NAICS industry code: 541890

An employee was inside a scissor lift bucket when the scissor lift hit a powerline, causing the live wire to break, fall to the bucket, and ignite the lift. The flames traveled to the lift arm, causing the bucket to give way. When the bucket gave way, it crashed into a pole that was live, causing an explosion that ignited the employee's clothing and propelled the employee out of the bucket. The employee suffered burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Vehicle or machinery fire
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate