Incident date: 2016-10-20
NAICS industry code: 238330

An employee was connecting a temporary 480 Volt AC electrical pigtail cord into an electrical box. This pigtail would supply the plug connection for the 480 Volt AC cord for the floor shot blasting machine.  An arc flash occurred burning the employees hands and requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Power cords, electrical cords, extension cords
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate