Incident date: 2022-08-24
NAICS industry code: 221118

An employee was testing (energizing and deenergizing) a 12,000-volt capacitor bank vacuum switch. The equipment shocked the employee, causing burns to the employee's right elbow.

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