Incident date: 2017-10-17
NAICS industry code: 541330

On October 17, 2017, an employee was testing the voltage of electrical equipment when an arc flash occurred, causing first degree burns to his hands and left arm. He was hospitalized. The equipment was not labeled as high voltage.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
code_source: title: Switchboards, switches, fuses
code_nature: title: First degree electrical burns
code_body: title: Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
severity: moderate