# Electrical burns, unspecified at Orbital Power Services
> OSHA SIR `2022076487` · 7/25/2022 · WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Electric parts, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Orbital Power Services
- **Location:** 2400 North I35, WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS, 75165
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a dead electrical line, cutting a mechanical jumper. The tail of the dead mechanical jumper contacted a dead-end shoe, resulting in an arc flash that burned the employee's chest and abdomen. The employee was hospitalized.

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