# Second degree electrical burns at Commonwealth Edison Company, dba ComEd
> OSHA SIR `2018055193` · 5/28/2018 · MAYWOOD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Electric parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Commonwealth Edison Company, dba ComEd
- **Location:** 1505 S 1st Ave., MAYWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60153
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in an underground electrical vault, splicing a damaged electrical cable. A different 12-kilovolt cable (not the one being repaired) had an arc fault. The arc flash caused first-degree burns to the employee's face and second-degree burns to both hands.

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