Incident date: 2016-08-17
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was using a wrench to disconnect a nut on a cable on the back side of the switch gear when an arc flash occurred. The employee received second and third degree burns to his hands and both knees.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Switchboards, switches, fuses
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree electrical burns
code_body: title: Upper and lower limb(s)
severity: moderate