Incident date: 2017-08-16
NAICS industry code: 237120

On August 16, 2017, an employee was jackhammering concrete around an electrical conduit bank when the jackhammer struck an electrical line and an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered burns from the waist to just above the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate