Incident date: 2022-10-03
NAICS industry code: 493130

An employee was trying to reverse direction on a three-phase electric motor in a grain elevator. As the employee was switching the electrical wires back to their original locations, the third power leg was knocked loose and grounded. The resulting arc flash from the electrical box burned the employee's forearms.

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: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate