Incident date: 2018-11-27
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was installing lightning arrestors at a new electrical substation. The employee had climbed a ladder to see how the lightning arrestors were installed on the energized side when an arc flash occurred. As a result, the employee received burns on his arms and back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate