Incident date: 2020-10-06
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was closing a switchgear in an underground residential distribution primary when an arc flash occurred and caused third degree burns to the employee's hands.

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