# First degree electrical burns at OG&E Energy Corp.
> OSHA SIR `20221210751` · 12/11/2022 · OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** First degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Wrenches-power not determined
## Employer
- **Name:** OG&E Energy Corp.
- **Location:** 6820 N. Umbrian Rd., OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73132
- **NAICS:** 221119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing an underground cable. While taking the bad cable off the transformer, the wrench made contact with rings on the transformer and an arc flash occurred. The employee sustained first and second-degree burns and was hospitalized.

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