Incident date: 2018-06-14
NAICS industry code: 335313

An employee was performing maintenance on the load break switches of a 13.8 kV circuit when the employee came into contact with energized equipment and an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered third degree arc flash burns from the shoulders up to the head, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Switchboards, switches, fuses
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree electrical burns
code_body: title: Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
severity: moderate