Incident date: 2021-05-21
NAICS industry code: 333318

Electricians had just finished connecting two portable AC units to a subpanel outside a main panel. They put the fuses back on, and one of them was about to close the electrical panel when an arc flash burned his left hand and forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Switchboards, switches, fuses
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate