Incident date: 2017-08-29
NAICS industry code: 221112

On August 29, 2017, at approximately 7:45 p.m., an employee got out of his truck and was walking around investigating a power outage when his hands contacted an energized, 7,620-volt powerline. He received an electrical shock and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate