Incident date: 2017-02-23
NAICS industry code: 221121

One employee was hospitalized for electrical burns to both hands and feet while working on downed power lines when a live power line fell onto the de-energized line. Two other employees were hospitalized for observation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate