# Electrical burns, unspecified at Department of Defense Education Activity
> OSHA SIR `2021119517` · 11/3/2021 · FORT BUCHANAN, PUERTO RICO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Department of Defense Education Activity
- **Location:** Antilles Middle School, FORT BUCHANAN, PUERTO RICO, 00934
- **NAICS:** 611110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was hospitalized when he suffered electrical shock while servicing a school's HVAC system, causing burns to his hands and chest pains.

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