Incident date: 2017-07-07
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee went to retrieve keys from a utility truck during a thunderstorm when lighting struck the overhead powerline and energized the truck, causing him to experience shortness of breath. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate