Incident date: 2019-07-24
NAICS industry code: 237310

An employee was sealing cracks in the highway with a wand that dispenses rubber sealant from a slowly moving truck when the truck's light tower struck overhead power lines. Electricity traveled through the vehicle and down the wand where it shocked the employee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate