Incident date: 2023-10-19
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was installing electrical fixtures in a breakroom from a 6-foot step ladder. When the fixtures didn't work, he began inspecting the circuit with a meter and contacted a hot wire. The employee suffered an electric shock and burns to his left hand, requiring hospitalization and skin grafts. He also fell off the ladder in an attempt to free himself from the wire that shocked him.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Electrical wiring-building
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Hand(s), unspecified
severity: moderate