Incident date: 2023-01-09
NAICS industry code: 238210

Demolition work was being done in an unoccupied building at an elementary school. An incoming electrical feed shorted out on an electric switch and caused an arc flash that injured four employees. Two employees were hospitalized for burns.

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: Nonclassifiable
severity: low