Incident date: 2023-06-28
NAICS industry code: 221115

An employee was turning off a lever-style breaker in a wind turbine when an arc flash occurred. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the right hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Windmills, wind turbines
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate