Incident date: 2023-08-10
NAICS industry code: 221114

An employee was drilling an access hole into the meter box of a residential property. The drill bit punched through the metal and hit a live conductor inside the box. The employee sustained an electrical arc flash burn to their hand and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate