Incident date: 2022-02-02
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was in the bucket of a truck boom in the middle of three lateral tap lines running across the road. The employee used a bucket stick to de-energize the last tap line. The employee then swung the bucket back to where the truck was positioned, which placed the boom above the neutral system and de-energized wire, and where a cut-out was located above the neutral system. The employee's left shoulder contacted the top side of the cut-out and the employee suffered three electrical shocks, resulting in burns to neck, back, and chest. The employee's left arm was medically amputated up to the neck area, and their right arm was amputated below the elbow.

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: Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
severity: high