Incident date: 2020-12-04
NAICS industry code: 238990

An employee was installing conduit underneath electrical switch gear when an arc flash occurred, resulting in first degree burns to his face and second degree burns to his hands and wrists. The switch box's shielding was removed at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Switchboards, switches, fuses
code_nature: title: Second degree electrical burns
code_body: title: Hand(s) and wrist(s)
severity: moderate