Incident date: 2016-11-01
NAICS industry code: 332439

An employee was installing a new shear in the shop. He had removed the fuses from the bottom of the disconnect and began wiring the new shear into the box when an arc flash occurred, causing an electrical burn to his left forearm. The box was not locked out from its energy source at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Shearing machines
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate