Incident date: 2024-03-14
NAICS industry code: 238210

On March 14, 2024, at 1:04 p.m., an employee was conducting a class for students showing how power moved through a city using an electrified model city. The employee was presenting from behind the display holding the activation switch in his left hand and a hot stick in his right hand. The employee reached over the top of the display with the hot stick to reposition a piece on the display and received an electric shock.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Indirect exposure to electricity  220 volts or less
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrocution, electric shock
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate