Incident date: 2024-11-02
NAICS industry code: 311615

An employee was troubleshooting an outage and removed a fuse from a 600-volt cabinet when an arc flash occurred that also started a fire. The employee sustained burns to their arm and hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to electric arc
code_source: title: Switchboards, panels, fuses
code_nature: title: Electrical burns  any degree
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate