# Electrical burns, unspecified at PETTY LINE CONSTRUCTION CO. INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018099778` · 9/20/2018 · JACKSON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** PETTY LINE CONSTRUCTION CO. INC.
- **Location:** Specialty Minerals, JACKSON, ALABAMA, 36545
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was turning on a 480-volt breaker to reenergize machines when an arc flash burned the employee's left arm and left hand. The employee was hospitalized.

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