Incident date: 2025-08-19
NAICS industry code: 238320

On August 19, 2025, at approximately 3:30 PM, an employee was performing painting duties on a swing stage (lift) on the exterior of a building. While bringing the lift to the roof to drop off materials, he reached toward the edge of the building and contacted a metal plaque on the roof s edge, that was energized due to a frayed electrical wire. The employee was electrocuted and lost consciousness. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity  unspecified
code_source: title: Electrical wiring building or machine
code_nature: title: Electrocution, electric shock
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate