# Electrical burns, unspecified at El Paso Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `20181010202` · 10/3/2018 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
- **Secondary source:** Impact wrenches-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** El Paso Electric Company
- **Location:** 1220 Barranca, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79935
- **NAICS:** 221119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were replacing fuse cutouts from an underground riser. An impact gun touched a fuse cutout, causing an arc flash that burned two employees.

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