# Electrical burns, unspecified at South Plains Electric Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `2016098641` · 9/13/2016 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Electric parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** South Plains Electric Cooperative
- **Location:** Pole 795699, LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79416
- **NAICS:** 221121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting the top half of a meter to a pole when a tool he was using contacted the neutral wire, causing an arc flash that burned his face. He was hospitalized.

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