Incident date: 2024-01-23
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was dismantling a scaffold when an arc from a nearby transformer contacted the pole the employee was removing. The employee suffered second-degree burns to his chest and arms and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to electric arc
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrical burns  any degree
code_body: title: Trunk and other upper extremities
severity: moderate