Incident date: 2020-10-05
NAICS industry code: 221122

Employees were repairing a distribution cable. One employee was trying to locate the faulty cable when it failed resulting in an arc flash that burned the employee's right wrist and forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Electrical wiring-building
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate