Incident date: 2017-03-15
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was working on a microwave in the medical electronics department (no metal utensils were in use) and experienced electrical shock. This resulted in a laceration to the left thumb, small burns to the dorsum of the left hand, small burns along the dorsum of the right hand, burns along the right 3rd finger and a larger burn at the base of the right thumb that extends to the right index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate