# Electrical burns, unspecified at East Mississippi Electric Power Association
> OSHA SIR `20191212949` · 12/17/2019 · QUITMAN, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** East Mississippi Electric Power Association
- **Location:** Clarke County, QUITMAN, MISSISSIPPI, 39355
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a distribution line after a storm, repairing a fused cutout switch that was 7,200 volts, when he contacted the live switch and received a flash burn on his right arm.

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