Incident date: 2021-05-26
NAICS industry code: 238140

An employee was performing masonry work on a residential home while working on a scaffold near an overhead powerline. The employee was electrocuted by the powerline and suffered injuries that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate