# Electrical burns, unspecified at Infirmary Health System, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017032403` · 3/15/2017 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Infirmary Health System, Inc.
- **Location:** 5 Mobile Infirmary Circle, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36607
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a microwave in the medical electronics department (no metal utensils were in use) and experienced electrical shock. This resulted in a laceration to the left thumb, small burns to the dorsum of the left hand, small burns along the dorsum of the right hand, burns along the right 3rd finger and a larger burn at the base of the right thumb that extends to the right index finger.

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