# Second degree electrical burns at PIRKLE ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023010147` · 1/6/2023 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Electric parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PIRKLE ELECTRIC COMPANY, INC.
- **Location:** 945 East Paces Ferry Rd Suite 2025, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30326
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 6, 2023, an employee was installing lights when he contacted the flex whip and sustained an electrical shock that caused him to fall off the ladder. The employee was hospitalized for a second-degree burn to his left index finger.

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