Incident date: 2018-05-18
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was in a bucket tightening nuts on the a transformer cutout when he contacted 7,200 volts, suffering a burn to the left hand that required hospitalization. Rubber gloves were not worn at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate