Incident date: 2024-11-04
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was troubleshooting an electrical meter on a house. The employee didn't notice anything abnormal from the ground, so they went up in a bucket and noticed the wire connecting to the lightening arrestor was not connected. They made a curl on the existing copper and went to reconnect when an electrical transformer caused a fire. The employee sustained second- and third-degree burns to the face, upper body, and arms.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Vehicle or machinery fire
code_source: title: Power lines, transformers, convertors
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  third degree or higher
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate