Incident date: 2021-06-02
NAICS industry code: 335929

An employee and a co-worker were getting ready to splice underground wires when a screwdriver that had put on a wall made contact with the old wire, causing a flash. The employee suffered burns to their arm, hand, leg, and face that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Electrical wiring-building
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate