Incident date: 2018-03-07
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was hanging on a long line from a helicopter, clipping in travels on the arms of a transmission mono pole, when the helicopter maneuvered the employee into a three-phase distribution line. The employee suffered an electrical shock to the hip and buttocks, and later required amputation of the left arm from the elbow.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Aircraft incident, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Helicopter
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate