# Electrical burns, unspecified at Evest LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191213053` · 12/20/2019 · WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Electrical wiring-building
## Employer
- **Name:** Evest LLC
- **Location:** 625 Public Service Road, WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS, 60085
- **NAICS:** 424490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a piece of equipment in the facility that involved moving the equipment into place and plugging it into a receptacle. The employee realized the plug and the receptacle did not match. When the employee removed the receptacle from the wall to inspect the wiring an arc flash occurred and burned the employee's hands.

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