Incident date: 2019-08-13
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee in a bucket truck was removing the cover off of a center phase 35.5-kV top circuit and was hit by an arc flash. The employee sustained third degree burns to the neck and the left side of a hand. The employee also sustained first and second degree burns to the face, right shoulder and arm, and around the back from rib to rib.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree electrical burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate