Incident date: 2019-12-16
NAICS industry code: 333415

An employee was installing a 480 VAC circuit breaker when the employee's pliers contacted the energized bus bar and caused an arc flash. The employee was hospitalized with first and second degree electrical burns to the face and arms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Switchboards, switches, fuses
code_nature: title: Second degree electrical burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate