Incident date: 2016-11-05
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was installing a circuit breaker on an existing panel. As the breaker made contact with the bus bar, an arc flash occurred, causing first degree burns on the employee's face and second degree burns on both arms.

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