# Electrical burns, unspecified at Raytech Construction Resources, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181011132` · 10/29/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Jackhammers-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Raytech Construction Resources, Inc.
- **Location:** Post Oak Blvd. @ Ambassado Way, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77056
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were breaking the concrete median of a road under construction (widening) with a jack hammer. The jack hammer struck an electrical duct bank causing an arc flash. Two employees were burned and hospitalized.

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