Incident date: 2024-09-18
NAICS industry code: 238210

A journeyman on ground level was removing conduit from energized gear. When he lifted the conduit, it came in contact with a live bus that caused an arc blast. The journeyman sustained burns while an apprentice on the basement level who was pushing the conduit up received an electrical shock. Both employees were hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to electric arc
code_source: title: Switchboards, panels, fuses
code_nature: title: Electrical burns  any degree
code_body: title: Part of body  unspecified
severity: low