Incident date: 2021-05-26
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was in a bucket constructing a new electrical distribution line. The employee was connecting a primary phase to a pole. While holding the primary phase in his right hand, his left hand was on the controls of the bucket. A metal part of the bucket contacted a live, energized line and the employee was shocked. The employee also sustained burns to both hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate