# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at Kase Contracting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022108999` · 10/13/2022 · AXIS, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Kase Contracting, Inc.
- **Location:** 12400 Hwy 43 N, AXIS, ALABAMA, 36505
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing electrical maintenance on a breaker switch. While the employee was wiping dust off the breaker, the breaker powered on and the employee was shocked. The employee was hospitalized with third-degree burns to his hands and torso.

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