Incident date: 2025-06-27
NAICS industry code: 238160

An employee was installing metal coping around the perimeter of a flat roof. The metal coping material contacted a live 24-kV overhead power line. The employee was shocked and knocked off the roof to the ground. The employee sustained burns from the shock and amputation to part of his left leg and two fingers. 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: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
severity: high