Incident date: 2016-06-11
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was replacing an old lightning arrester with a new one. The new arrestor began to move, so the employee reached over to stop it. The employee's left elbow then came into contact with an energized line, causing an electrical shock.

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