Incident date: 2017-09-13
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was working on toning out a 277-volt three-phase transfer switch. When he connected a tone generator to one of the lugs on the transfer switch, an arc flash occurred and the employee's right hand was burned.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Switchboards, switches, fuses
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate