Incident date: 2024-11-08
NAICS industry code: 811412

On November 8, 2024, an employee was reattaching wires on an automatic transfer switch unit. They removed tape from the wires to test the voltage when an arc flash occurred. The employee was hospitalized for second-degree burns to the face and third-degree burns to the left hand and forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to electric arc
code_source: title: Switchboards, panels, fuses
code_nature: title: Electrical burns  any degree
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate