Incident date: 2016-09-20
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee at a utility power pole was moving an insulator cover that was draped over a power wire. He was working from a bucket truck about 30 feet up. When the employee removed the insulator, the insulator cover failed and an arc flash occurred, causing flash burns to the employee's hands. 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: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate