# Electrical burns, unspecified at North Georgia Electric Membership Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016032143` · 3/10/2016 · CALHOUN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** North Georgia Electric Membership Corporation
- **Location:** 110 Mauldin Road NW, CALHOUN, GEORGIA, 30701
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed a ladder leaning against an energized distribution breaker when a phase-to-phase or phase-to-ground flash occurred while the employee was holding two testing clamps. The employee experienced an electrical burn and was hospitalized.

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