Incident date: 2024-12-05
NAICS industry code: 221121

A crew was working on a damaged utility pole when the pole broke and contacted a digger derrick, causing an employee to be electrically shocked and sustain third-degree burns to their right hand. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrical burns and electrocution
code_body: title: Body systems and other part(s) of body
severity: moderate