# Electrical burns, unspecified at Boston Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2022021526` · 2/16/2022 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Generators
## Employer
- **Name:** Boston Medical Center
- **Location:** 750 Albany Street, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02121
- **NAICS:** 621420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a generator. When the employee operated a switch, an explosion or arc flash 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*