Incident date: 2018-06-19
NAICS industry code: 561621

An employee was on site troubleshooting magnetic door holders and investigating a short in the low voltage wiring. She was on a 6-foot ladder in the access hatch of a first floor rotunda when she located an unmarked junction box near the assumed trouble area and removed the cover. She then came into contact with a high-voltage bare wire (287 volts) and received an electrical shock, requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Electrical wiring-building
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate