Incident date: 2024-02-21
NAICS industry code: 238210

On February 22, 2024, an employee was conducting infrared scanning on a switch gear when he unlatched a panel and the metal latch fell into the switch gear box, causing an arc blast explosion. The employee sustained second-degree burns to his right arm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to electric arc
code_source: title: Switchboards, panels, fuses
code_nature: title: Electrical burns  any degree
code_body: title: Arm(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate