# Electrical burns, unspecified at Metro Power
> OSHA SIR `2017098790` · 9/13/2017 · MACON, GEORGIA
## 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:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Metro Power
- **Location:** 1330 Forsyth Street, MACON, GEORGIA, 31201
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on toning out a 277-volt three-phase transfer switch. When he connected a tone generator to one of the lugs on the transfer switch, an arc flash occurred and the employee's right hand was burned.

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