# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at Newtron Beaumont, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016054506` · 5/23/2016 · PORT NECHES, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Newtron Beaumont, LLC
- **Location:** Texas Petrochemical, PORT NECHES, TEXAS, 77651
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to inspect an electrical line and repairing a jumper that came off the transformer switch. The employee pulled two of the three switches to de-energize the pole line and then repositioned his bucket truck to get to the next switch. When he grabbed the wire to reinstall it onto the third switch, the switch was energized and caused third degree burns to his index, middle, and ring fingers on both hands.

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