Incident date: 2017-09-18
NAICS industry code: 236115

An employee was in the basket of an aerial lift painting the exterior fascia in the front of a building. The lift moved and the employee contacted a 13.2 kV power line. The employee was shocked and received burns to the hands and head.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate