# Electrical burns, unspecified at Novus Polaris, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098853` · 9/15/2017 · PHARR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Novus Polaris, Inc.
- **Location:** 3108 N. Sugar Road, PHARR, TEXAS, 78577
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting a screw into an electrical box when an arc flash/blast occurred. The employee suffered electrical burns.

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