Incident date: 2020-07-28
NAICS industry code: 611310

On July 28, 2020, a technician was investigating a lack of cooling in the HVAC system of a building. He determined there was a refrigerant leak. While showing his supervisor what had been found, the technician opened a 3-phase, 208-volt junction box and sustained electric shock and burns to his hands, resulting in hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less
code_source: title: Switchboards, switches, fuses
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate