Incident date: 2021-06-29
NAICS industry code: 213111

A three-person crew was unloading pipe. Two crew members were outside of the truck handling the pipe on the rack. They loaded the three joints of pipe and moved to load the polish rod. One end of the rod was stuck into the ground so they picked up the opposite end and stood the 22' rod into the air to lay it down. The rod contacted a live, overhead electrical line and the two employees were electrocuted. Both employees also sustained electrical burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Metal pipes, tubing
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: low