Incident date: 2024-10-02
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was drilling a hole in the electrical panel at a residential home when the drill bit struck wires and an arc flash occurred. The employee sustained burns on his left hand.

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: Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate