Incident date: 2022-08-18
NAICS industry code: 237130

An employee was working with a trenching crew to run conduit to a pad-mounted transformer. The employee made contact with a component of the transformer and was exposed to an arc flash. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the right elbow and forearm.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Electrical burns, unspecified
code_body: title: Elbow(s) and arms(s)
severity: moderate