# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at International Paper
> OSHA SIR `2016087824` · 8/20/2016 · ORANGE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Electric parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** International Paper
- **Location:** 1750 Inland Road, ORANGE, TEXAS, 77632
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were cleaning a secondary breaker, 440 volt. A 13.8kv inlet seed is a higher volt that transforms it down to a 440 volt.  An employee was walking in the area and got close to the 13.8kv inlet seed and received third degree burns on his hands and lower arms.

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