Incident date: 2019-05-08
NAICS industry code: 331221

Employee 1 was working on a piece of equipment when the equipment lost power. Employee 2 was working in the precision sheet/pickle room. Employee 1 checked the electrical panel for burned out fuses. Employee 1 donned arc flash gear and retrieved a meter to test the circuits. While testing the leads of the meter, the employee contacted vice grips that were located in the panel. The vice grips toppled into the panel creating an arc flash. Employee 2 was processing titanium sheets for the pickle line when the power shutdown. Employee 2 was exposed to nitric oxide and hydrofluoric acid. Employee 1 sustained second degree burns to five percent of the body and Employee 2 inhaled nitric oxide and hydrofluoric acid.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Switchboards, switches, fuses
code_nature: title: Second degree electrical burns
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: low