Incident date: 2018-09-07
NAICS industry code: 541330

An employee had set down an electrical breaker box inside a motor control center he was preparing to replace the breaker in. He turned to walk away and an electrical arc flashed out of the open door of the cabinet, burning his palms and wrist and causing a slight burn to his right cheek.

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 wrist(s)
severity: moderate