# Electrical burns, unspecified at PAR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC
> OSHA SIR `2022087329` · 8/18/2022 · LEAWOOD, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s) and arms(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** PAR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS INC
- **Location:** 12721 Pawnee Ln., LEAWOOD, KANSAS, 66209
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a trenching crew to run conduit to a pad-mounted transformer. The employee made contact with a component of the transformer and was exposed to an arc flash. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the right elbow and forearm.

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