# Electrical burns, unspecified at Pillar Electric Group
> OSHA SIR `2022043469` · 4/21/2022 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Pillar Electric Group
- **Location:** for Oak Cliff 907 E Ledbetter dr, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75261
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

To asses a breaker space, an electrician removed a panel cover, then the breaker cover. When he pulled the cover off, the breaker bus extensions were pulled down, causing a phase-to-phase arc fault. The employee suffered electrical burns to his left hand and the fingers on his right hand.

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