Incident date: 2024-06-12
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was hooking up a temporary battery (120 volts) when a short occurred, resulting in an arc flash. The employee sustained first- and second-degree burns to both hands and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to electric arc
code_source: title: Batteries
code_nature: title: Electrical burns  any degree
code_body: title: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate