# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Kermit Electric
> OSHA SIR `2015021269` · 2/9/2015 · ANDREWS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Kermit Electric
- **Location:** Merit Energy, ANDREWS, TEXAS, 79714
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about Monday, February 9, 2015, at 2:45 pm an employee was changing a transformer in a Merit Energy oil rig when he touched a hot wire injuring his head and left hand.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*