Incident date: 2022-06-30
NAICS industry code: 221122

Two employees were unloading a truck full of poles when the boom contacted a 115-kV powerline. One employee on the ground was shocked, sustained burns, and was hospitalized.

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: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate