# Electrical burns, unspecified at Western Electrical Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032645` · 3/24/2022 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Electrical Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 4377 Heckscher Drive, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32226
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 23, 2022, an employee was on an 8-foot A-frame ladder, attaching a rubber boot around a switch at a switch gear when the 13.8-kV system energized. He was shocked and fell about 3.5 feet to the ground. He suffered a burn to the upper thigh and bruising to his back and hips from the fall.

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