Incident date: 2019-02-26
NAICS industry code: 812332

At 9:40 p.m., on February 26, 2019, an employee was performing scheduled maintenance on a small parts folder. As he made an adjustment, his socket wrench touched an energized 480-volt wire, causing a shock/arc flash that burned his right hand/thumb. The machine was not locked out at the time.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s) and finger(s)
severity: moderate