Incident date: 2017-07-05
NAICS industry code: 517919

An employee was installing a down guy-wire on an overhead cable TV facility when the tail of the wire contacted the overhead powerline. The employee received an electrical shock and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Wire, cables-nonelectrical
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate