# Electrical burns, unspecified at WernerCo
> OSHA SIR `2021054145` · 5/21/2021 · CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** WernerCo
- **Location:** 420 E. Terra Cotta Ave, CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLINOIS, 60014
- **NAICS:** 333318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Electricians had just finished connecting two portable AC units to a subpanel outside a main panel. They put the fuses back on, and one of them was about to close the electrical panel when an arc flash burned his left hand and forearm.

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