Incident date: 2021-10-14
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was trimming branches and removing a cut limb. When the employee rotated the limb to send it to the ground, the limb made contact with the overhead 12 kV line and the employee was shocked.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Limbs, branches-unattached
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate