Incident date: 2018-05-02
NAICS industry code: 23899

Three employees were removing sand bags after installing a steel pole when a digger truck boom contacted electrical wiring (phases), exposing them to an electrical current that burned them. Two employees were hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Electric parts, unspecified
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: low