Incident date: 2019-05-20
NAICS industry code: 238210

Two employees were pulling a messenger cable from one utility pole to another when the messenger cable contacted an adjacent power line. Both employees suffered electrical burns to the hands and arm and were hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
code_nature: title: First degree electrical burns
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
severity: low