Incident date: 2025-08-13
NAICS industry code: 812990

An employee was installing a PLC onto a washer. After he hooked it up, it did not power up when turned on. While the employee was checking the leads with a voltage meter, he was shocked through the left little finger, chest, and right arm from a transformer above him. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to electricity  unspecified
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrocution, electric shock
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate