Incident date: 2016-08-10
NAICS industry code: 622110

A maintenance employee was changing the ballast above the tile in the ceiling space. He stripped a wire and cut it. While still holding the wire, his body came into contact with the metal grate that holds the ceiling tiles, and he suffered an electrical shock.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Lamps, light fixtures
code_nature: title: Electrocutions, electric shocks
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate