Incident date: 2016-08-19
NAICS industry code: 621610

On 08/19/2016, at 11:30 p.m., an employee was helping a patient during flood conditions within the home. The employee was electrocuted when an energized item fell off a dresser into the waist-high water, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less
code_source: title: Nonclassifiable
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate