Incident date: 2023-06-02
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was working near high-voltage power lines while completing terminations on underground power equipment in a new subdivision. The employee completed the termination and plugged the elbow into a bushing with an energized transformer. The electricity then contacted the employee, resulting in a burn on his left little finger and burns on both knees that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate