# Electrical burns, unspecified at Ellsworth Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015096582` · 9/9/2015 · FAIRFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Ellsworth Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** 234 Harbaugh Road, FAIRFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA, 17320
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a new transformer into location. The employee leaned against the old transformer, which was still energized, causing metal to push into the energized bus bar. An arc flash occurred, and the employee sustained burns.

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