Incident date: 2024-04-17
NAICS industry code: 221122

An employee was in a bucket truck to install a 40-kilovolt switch onto a utility pole when an arc flash occurred, resulting in first-degree burns to the employee's right ear and neck.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to electric arc
code_source: title: Utility poles
code_nature: title: Electrical burns  any degree
code_body: title: Head and neck
severity: moderate