Incident date: 2023-12-06
NAICS industry code: 221112

On December 6, 2023, an employee of Duke Energy was working on a single-phase 120-/240-volt parallel service re-tap when a secondary flash occurred in an underground service. The employee suffered a second-degree burn to the face and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Electric parts, unspecified
code_nature: title: Second degree electrical burns
code_body: title: Face, unspecified
severity: moderate