# Electrical burns, unspecified at Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association
> OSHA SIR `20181010273` · 10/4/2018 · YAZOO CITY, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
- **Secondary source:** Screwdrivers-power not determined
## Employer
- **Name:** Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association
- **Location:** 2255 Gordon Ave., YAZOO CITY, MISSISSIPPI, 39194
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a panel box when his screwdriver touched a 480-volt panel. He suffered flash burns to the neck, face, chest, and right arm and a laceration to his forehead.

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