Incident date: 2023-05-21
NAICS industry code: 221112

An employee had just cleared damage to a utility pole that had been broken by a motor vehicle accident and was laying over the highway. As the employee was parking his vehicle, the vehicle s radio antenna contacted the low-hanging energized conductor, causing the vehicle to become energized. The employee stepped out of the vehicle and experienced an electric shock, resulting in second-and-third-degree burns to the head, left upper arm, left hand, left leg, and left foot. His little toe was medically amputated.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree electrical burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: high