# Electrical burns, unspecified at CONSOLIDATED EDISON
> OSHA SIR `2016031893` · 3/2/2016 · RYE BROOK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** CONSOLIDATED EDISON
- **Location:** 194 Ivy Hill Crescent, RYE BROOK, NEW YORK, 10573
- **NAICS:** 221119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an underground residential distribution junction box, attempting to ground a live elbow in a box, when an arc flash occurred. He received electrical flash burns to both legs.

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