# Electrical burns, unspecified at RJV Construction Corp.
> OSHA SIR `20171110566` · 11/1/2017 · CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Digging handtools-nonpowered, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** RJV Construction Corp.
- **Location:** 49 Corey Street, CHARLESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS, 02129
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hand tool to dig beneath an underground electrical duct bank and expose a water main when the duct bank collapsed. The hand tool then contacted a live electrical line, resulting in an arc blast/arc flash. The employee suffered burns and was hospitalized.

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