# Second degree electrical burns at Kwest Enterprises, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017099108` · 9/22/2017 · TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Kwest Enterprises, LLC
- **Location:** 2400 Hospital Rd, TUSKEGEE, ALABAMA, 36083
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was testing a transformer with a secondary voltage of 2,400 volts and suffered first and second degree burns to his right elbow from an arc flash.

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