Incident date: 2025-08-19
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was brazing copper lines together on a new air conditioning unit close to an access point in a brick wall, The two wires ran horizontally and copper tubing ran vertically. The heat from the brazing heated up the copper tubing. A wire was touching the copper tubing, causing the wire jacket to melt. The wire infused itself to the copper tubing, which energized the copper pipe. The employee was using a wet towel to cool down the copper tubing when he was electrically shocked, resulting in hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity  unspecified
code_source: title: Electrical wiring building or machine
code_nature: title: Electrocution, electric shock
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate