Incident date: 2017-08-11
NAICS industry code: 238210

On August 11, 2017, at 11:00 a.m., an employee was changing out a residential electrical meter. He performed a line-to-line voltage check and then proceeded with the change-out. When he hooked up the jumper cables, an arc flash occurred, causing second degree burns to his right hand. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Electric parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Second degree electrical burns
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate