Incident date: 2024-08-13
NAICS industry code: 238120

An employee was erecting portions of a metal building using a boom lift that was approximately 25 feet high. The boom came near a power line and electricity arced from the power line to the employee, who was hospitalized with electrical burns to the shoulder and buttocks.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to electric arc
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrical burns  any degree
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate