Incident date: 2018-07-07
NAICS industry code: 238220

An employee was on a ladder unhooking the ground clamp of a welding machine with the right hand when the employee grabbed a piece of conduit with the left hand for support and received an electric shock. The employee suffered a burn to the right hand around the thumb and ring finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Welding machinery
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate