Incident date: 2018-10-25
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was connecting wires on the line side of an electrical cabinet when an arc flash occurred, causing second degree burns to the employee's right hand, soft tissue of the neck area, and lower part of the face and right ear. The employee was hospitalized.

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: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate