# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at BHI Energy Power Services LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022075785` · 7/1/2022 · PORT SAINT LUCIE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** BHI Energy Power Services LLC
- **Location:** 17208 glades cut off road, PORT SAINT LUCIE, FLORIDA, 34987
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in an elevated bucket, working to replace 600-amp inline switches when an arc flash occurred. He sustained second and third degree burns to the back.

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