Incident date: 2023-05-02
NAICS industry code: 237120

An employee was cutting grass using a zero-turn lawn mower. The lawn mower frame snagged a power pole brace wire and pulled down the energized power pole. The employee sustained electrical burns to his left arm and left lower leg.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
code_source: title: Lawn mowers-riding
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate