# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at GE Healthcare Imaging Services
> OSHA SIR `2017043303` · 4/12/2017 · BREMEN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** X-ray, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and fluoroscope machinery and equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** GE Healthcare Imaging Services
- **Location:** Higgens General Hospital, BREMEN, GEORGIA, 30110
- **NAICS:** 621512
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was troubleshooting a CT machine and received third degree burns to his right hand when it contacted an energized slip ring.

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