Incident date: 2024-10-19
NAICS industry code: 561210

A three-person crew was completing maintenance at a substation in a building. Employee 1's hand contacted an energized portion of the equipment and she sustained an electrical shock and third-degree burns to multiple parts of her body. Employee 2 pulled employee 1 away from the energized equipment and sustained a shock and third-degree burns to their hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Electric parts  unspecified
code_nature: title: Electrical burns and electrocution
code_body: title: Body systems and other part(s) of body
severity: low