Incident date: 2024-04-20
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was preparing to install a ground on a de-energized line. The employee was clipping in the top phase and the static wire after a wire pull on a 115kV aerial electrical transmission line. The employee leaned over the basket and reached out, grabbing the phase/dolly. The induced voltage that had collected in the de-energized line caused electrical burns to their right little finger and lower right leg and they were hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity  unspecified
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrical burns  any degree
code_body: title: Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
severity: moderate