Incident date: 2019-08-15
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was working from a bucket truck, moving 7.2-kilovolt lines 40 feet up on a power pole. A live wire touched the employee's right hand or head; the employee was hospitalized and the hand was amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s), n.e.c.
severity: high