Incident date: 2015-08-12
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was climbing the newly installed wooden power line pole to help another employee who was working out of the aerial lift bucket move the 4800 V power line from the old wooden power line pole to the new one.  In the process, the injured employee contacted the live 4800v power line on the top of his right shoulder.  

The poles are approximately 45 feet long but once installed they are 35 feet high because 10 feet are in the ground.

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