Incident date: 2024-06-25
NAICS industry code: 237130

Two employees were removing an existing cutout and insulator from the steel in a distribution low bay near a circuit of underground feeders connected to a 1-inch bus. Employee 1 contacted the bus with his back sustaining a shock, and employee 2 contacted it with his left hand and received second-degree burns to his three middle fingers and the back side of his knee where the electric current exited his body. Employee 2 was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity  unspecified
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrical burns  any degree
code_body: title: Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
severity: moderate