Incident date: 2016-09-15
NAICS industry code: 238320

An employee was moving an aerial articulating boom lift when his head brushed against high-power electrical lines. He was shocked several times before falling unconscious to the basket of the lift, suffering second and third degree burns and internal injuries. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree electrical burns
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate