# Electrical burns, unspecified at Perryton Equity Exchange
> OSHA SIR `2022108671` · 10/3/2022 · TURPIN, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Perryton Equity Exchange
- **Location:** Equity Exchange Turpin Branch, TURPIN, OKLAHOMA, 73950
- **NAICS:** 493130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to reverse direction on a three-phase electric motor in a grain elevator. As the employee was switching the electrical wires back to their original locations, the third power leg was knocked loose and grounded. The resulting arc flash from the electrical box burned the employee's forearms.

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