Incident date: 2019-01-18
NAICS industry code: 922140

An employee was standing on a ladder while working on a light. He had some wires in his left hand and a tool in his right hand. He was in the process of stripping the wire when he experienced an electric shock (220 volts) through his hand and fell off the 10-foot ladder to the ground, suffering bodily trauma. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less
code_source: title: Electrical wiring-building
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate