Incident date: 2015-05-07
NAICS industry code: 238210

On May 7, 2015, at approximately 11:00 a.m., an employee received first and second degree burns to his face, hands, left arm, and left leg, resulting in hospitalization.  The employee was troubleshooting an existing switchgear. The employee de-energized the equipment and thought it was safe to perform the work. The buss was still energized with 13,800 volts and an arc flash occurred.

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: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate