Incident date: 2023-03-07
NAICS industry code: 531110

An employee was changing a 100-amp circuit breaker. After the older breaker had been removed and the new one was fully seated, electricity arced and burned the employee's left hand and right forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Switchboards, switches, fuses
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate