# Electrical burns, unspecified at Abel Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning
> OSHA SIR `2020098447` · 9/4/2020 · SHERMAN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Air conditioning units
## Employer
- **Name:** Abel Sheet Metal & Air Conditioning
- **Location:** 2303 FM 1417, SHERMAN, TEXAS, 75092
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After making repairs to an air conditioning system, an employee was testing the system and sustained a 460-volt shock. The employee was hospitalized with burns on the left pinky finger and internal burns in the shoulders.

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