# Electrical burns, unspecified at Weifield Group Contracting Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022032648` · 3/24/2022 · LAKEWOOD, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Weifield Group Contracting Inc
- **Location:** St Anthony's Hospital W Cath Lab 3, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO, 80228
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was accessing a 277-volt junction box. One circuit in the box had been shut off, but a second circuit shocked the employee, causing burns and lacerations to the employee's hands. The employee was hospitalized.

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