Incident date: 2024-08-24
NAICS industry code: 311211

An employee was doing electrical preventative maintenance on a motor control center. As he was about to tighten a metal screw with a metal screwdriver, he came into contact with the metal frame of the disconnect. The resulting arc flash caused second-degree burns to his right hand and face, as well as eye irritation.

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