Incident date: 2022-04-21
NAICS industry code: 238210

To asses a breaker space, an electrician removed a panel cover, then the breaker cover. When he pulled the cover off, the breaker bus extensions were pulled down, causing a phase-to-phase arc fault. The employee suffered electrical burns to his left hand and the fingers on his right hand.

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: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate