# Electrical burns, unspecified at Canfer Utility Services
> OSHA SIR `2017087884` · 8/16/2017 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Canfer Utility Services
- **Location:** 301 Born Street, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78410
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Several employees were unplugging an electrical cable to install a new switch to a transformer containing 7,200 volts when an arc flash occurred. One employee sustained burns to his left hand and was hospitalized.

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