# Second degree electrical burns at Area Energy & Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020066019` · 6/27/2020 · SIDNEY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Area Energy & Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** 2350 Campbell Rd., SIDNEY, OHIO, 45365
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 27, 2020, an employee was tying a new breaker into a busway. As he was about to hook up the ground wires, the ground wire touched one of the energized bus bars; an arc flash caused second-degree burns to the employee's neck, face, right hand, and arm.

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