Incident date: 2022-08-10
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee working from a boom bucket had just put copper on a utility pole and was setting it. The employee moved the center phase, which was laying on the insulator, when an electrical current from the tie arced. The employee sustained burns to his chest, neck, back, face, nose, and ears.

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: Head, neck, and trunk
severity: moderate