Incident date: 2024-06-14
NAICS industry code: 335999

An employee was servicing an electric meter at a customer location. The employee tapped the lock band on the electric meter with a tool to loosen it up when an arc flash occurred, resulting in burns to their face and right hand.

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: Head and extremities
severity: moderate