Incident date: 2019-10-26
NAICS industry code: 321991

A maintenance employee made contact with an energized conductor when he was in the process of removing a bolt inside an electrical box (240 volts) with a wrench. This action induced an arc flash. The employee sustained first degree burns to both hands and second degree burns to his left forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Switchboards, switches, fuses
code_nature: title: Second degree electrical burns
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate