Incident date: 2021-06-29
NAICS industry code: 236220

An employee was installing capacitor wires for switchgear and checking the wire length. During this process, the employee's hand contacted one of the vertical busbars, resulting in a severe electrical burn between their right thumb and index finger that required hospitalization.

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), unspecified
severity: moderate