# Electrical burns, unspecified at Unitex Textile Services LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019022131` · 2/26/2019 · NEWBURGH, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Wrenches-power not determined
## Employer
- **Name:** Unitex Textile Services LLC
- **Location:** 115 DICKSON AVE, NEWBURGH, NEW YORK, 12550
- **NAICS:** 812332
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 9:40 p.m., on February 26, 2019, an employee was performing scheduled maintenance on a small parts folder. As he made an adjustment, his socket wrench touched an energized 480-volt wire, causing a shock/arc flash that burned his right hand/thumb. The machine was not locked out at the time.

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