# Second degree electrical burns at Tolin Mechanical Systems Company
> OSHA SIR `2018088297` · 8/14/2018 · RUSH, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquids
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Tolin Mechanical Systems Company
- **Location:** 420 S Rush Road, RUSH, COLORADO, 80833
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an electrical component of the water pump when the lead contacts sparked. The sparks ignited an unknown gas that was coming from a capped well in the work area. The employee was engulfed in flames and sustained first and second degree burns to both hands and wrists and first degree burns to his face.

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