Incident date: 2024-10-13
NAICS industry code: 238210

An electrical crew was in the final stages of a hurricane restoration project. One of the employees was removing the protective coverup equipment when he noticed potential movement in a connection or energized cable. When he tightened the connection with a hand tool, a phase-to-ground arc flash burned his face. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to electric arc
code_source: title: Electric parts  unspecified
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  degree unspecified
code_body: title: Ears and facial region  unspecified
severity: moderate