Incident date: 2022-01-17
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was using a pole saw to trim fronds on a palm tree. While reaching to a second palm tree, the employee contacted a power line and suffered electrical burns to the hands and right leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate