Incident date: 2015-01-12
NAICS industry code: 237130

Employee was testing a meter with an 8-ft shotgun stick in an energized zone and encountered an arc flash. This incident occurred at approximately 8:00 AM on January 12, 2015. The employee was hospitalized with 2nd and 3rd degree burns. The employee was authorized to be in the energized zone and was wearing flame retardant clothing, a hard hat, safety glasses and a high-visibility vest.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Third or fourth degree electrical burns
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate