Incident date: 2017-10-17
NAICS industry code: 238210

On October 17, 2017, three employees were testing the voltage of electrical equipment that was not labeled as high voltage during Hurricane Maria operations when an arc flash occurred. One of the employees suffered burns that required hospitalization.

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