Incident date: 2019-09-24
NAICS industry code: 611310

A public safety officer was responding to a motor vehicle accident. An electric crosswalk signal had been severed at the base and suspended over the road by a single cable. While trying to move it so it would not fall onto the road, the officer was shocked, suffering pain and numbness in his left ring and little fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Lighting equipment, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate