# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at Vogel Heating and Cooling
> OSHA SIR `2015096587` · 9/9/2015 · OLIVETTE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Vogel Heating and Cooling
- **Location:** 1050 Research Blvd, OLIVETTE, MISSOURI, 63132
- **NAICS:** 333414
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 9, 2015, at 8:50 a.m., an employee's bare hand made contact with an energized heating coil in a rooftop unit, resulting in second and third degree hand burns.

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