Incident date: 2022-03-24
NAICS industry code: 238210

On March 23, 2022, an employee was on an 8-foot A-frame ladder, attaching a rubber boot around a switch at a switch gear when the 13.8-kV system energized. He was shocked and fell about 3.5 feet to the ground. He suffered a burn to the upper thigh and bruising to his back and hips from the fall.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Switchboards, switches, fuses
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Thigh(s)
severity: moderate