Incident date: 2015-10-17
NAICS industry code: 332312

An employee was installing a 24V DC transformer inside a control panel with 480V wires.  During this process,  an arc flash occurred that caused second degree burns to the employee's hands and face.  The employee was hospitalized.

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