# Electrical burns, unspecified at Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018087923` · 8/3/2018 · FLUSHING, NEW YORK
## 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:** Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
- **Location:** Justice Ave. and Broadway, FLUSHING, NEW YORK, 11373
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting and racking in a street utility service box when a cap came off a cut live cable and contacted the employee, causing an electrocution and burns.

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