Incident date: 2021-02-02
NAICS industry code: 221122

Employees were grounding a 115KV line. An employee was in a bucket truck when the truck's upper boom contacted an ungrounded phase which energized the bucket. The employee was shocked and lost consciousness for approximately 30 seconds. The employee also suffered burns to his left hand that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate