# Electrical burns, unspecified at Tampa Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `2019076941` · 7/10/2019 · VALRICO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Tampa Electric Company
- **Location:** 5432 Bells Shoals Road, VALRICO, FLORIDA, 33596
- **NAICS:** 221112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was testing the low side of a transformer. The test equipment exploded and the employee sustained arc flash burns to the face.

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