# Second degree electrical burns at BBC Electrical Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019032521` · 3/8/2019 · TULSA, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** BBC Electrical Services Inc.
- **Location:** 1700 S. Union Avenue, TULSA, OKLAHOMA, 74107
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were in the bucket of a bucket truck energizing a 13,800-to-2,400-volt stepdown transformer by closing three 100k fused cutouts at the riser pole. A voltage meter used to take readings on the ground was overloaded and failed, causing an arc flash. One of the employees in the bucket suffered first- and second-degree burns to both wrists, the face, the neck, and the ears and was hospitalized.

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