Incident date: 2022-07-25
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was working on a dead electrical line, cutting a mechanical jumper. The tail of the dead mechanical jumper contacted a dead-end shoe, resulting in an arc flash that burned the employee's chest and abdomen. The employee was hospitalized.

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: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate