Incident date: 2020-08-24
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was replacing a damaged air break switch at a distribution circuit. A surge arrestor connected to the air break switch failed and an arc flash caused burns to the employee's face.

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: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate