Incident date: 2019-09-19
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was working on an overhead power line from the bucket of an aerial lift. The line touched his hands, burning them. They were amputated at the hospital.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: high