Incident date: 2023-01-07
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was preparing to cut a hole to add an electrical box to an existing panel. The tool contacted the live electrode in the breaker resulting in an arc flash. The employee sustained burns to both hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Switchboards, switches, fuses
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate