Incident date: 2018-12-19
NAICS industry code: 213111

An employee opened the electrical enclosure to do an inspection. The employee reached into the enclosure to check the incoming wiring and contacted the wiring on the top of the breaker with his right ring finger, middle finger and thumb. The employee was hospitalized for burns and electric shock.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: moderate