# Electrical burns, unspecified at Federal Bureau of Prisons - FCI Low Beaumont
> OSHA SIR `2022075790` · 7/2/2022 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Federal Bureau of Prisons - FCI Low Beaumont
- **Location:** 5560 Knauth Road, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77705
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to troubleshoot the HVAC system. They took the electric panel off to look at it and used a multimeter on the wires inside. There was an arc flash and the employee sustained burns to both hands.

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