Incident date: 2017-11-01
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was using a hand tool to dig beneath an underground electrical duct bank and expose a water main when the duct bank collapsed. The hand tool then contacted a live electrical line, resulting in an arc blast/arc flash. The employee suffered burns and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate