# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at Archer Western
> OSHA SIR `2015064229` · 6/30/2015 · NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Electric parts, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Archer Western
- **Location:** corner of Canal St. & N. Rampart St., NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70117
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were breaking out concrete with an SDS hammer drill and while doing so hit a live line. The two employees sustained 2nd and 3rd degree burns and were hospitalized.

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