Indirect exposure to electricity greater than 220 volts · Electrical burns any degree
Final narrative
Employees were removing a single-phase, dead-end utility pole. The pole was lifted out of the hole and the boom of the truck was rotated to lay the pole down with the top toward the front of the truck. The pole guides were opened and the pole top shifted in the opposite direction. The top of the pole contacted the phase approximately 25 feet from the old dead-end insulator and an electrical arc occurred. The truck became energized with up to 7,000-volts. The injured employee was holding the bottom of the pole down. He was pushed into the step-opening of the truck and then fell to the ground. The employee sustained second-degree burns on his right shoulder and third-degree burns to the back of his legs.
Hospitalized Upper and lower extremities n.e.c. Power lines, transformers, convertors
An employee was guiding the pouring end of a concrete pump truck's boom while standing on top of 4-foot wall forms. The boom contacted power lines and the employee was shocked. The employee sustained third-degree burns on the entry and exit path of the electricity, and also sustained first- and second-degree burns to their torso and legs.
An employee was cleaning a laptop charging cable when lightning struck. The employee began experiencing heart palpitations and hearing loss, resulting in hospitalization.
An employee was acting as a spotter for a forklift operator. While its forks were being raised, the forklift came into contact with a power line. The employee was touching the forklift's metal frame at the time and was shocked on the left palm. The employee suffered burns to both the left palm and the sole of the left foot.
A Smyrna Ready Mix delivery driver was delivering concrete to a job site. He backed his truck up to a pump truck, then began preparing it to transfer the concrete. The pump truck's boom moved and came into contact with a power line, which broke and fell onto the employee's delivery truck. The employee was knocked to the ground and suffered electrical burns to both arms and both feet.
An employee was clearing a right-of-way for utility lines when a small sapling was cut and fell, causing vines to pull a tree down and into power lines. The vines also became electrified and were contacting the employee's feet, shocking them. The employee became ill and experienced slurred speech and convulsions, resulting in hospitalization.