Incident date: 2015-04-01
NAICS industry code: 561730

On or about 4/1/2015 at 2:00 PM, an employee was trimming a ficus hedge using a pole pruner. The pole pruner got stuck in the branch that the employee was trying to cut, so the employee yanked it. The pruner made contact with a power line, which shocked the employee; the employee was unconscious for approximately 1 minute. The employee also sustained burns to the left-hand index finger, as well as ankle burns. The employee was hospitalized overnight.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Cutting handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate