# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at Allegheny Contract Flooring Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022076002` · 7/11/2022 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power cords, electrical cords, extension cords
## Employer
- **Name:** Allegheny Contract Flooring Inc.
- **Location:** PUTT SHACK, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02210
- **NAICS:** 238330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to use a 460-volt floor grinder to prepare a floor surface in a building. While troubleshooting the grinder, there was a malfunction in the plug resulting in an arc flash. The employee sustained second or third degree burns to their left hand and "welders flash" to their eyes. The employee was hospitalized.

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