# Electrical burns, unspecified at Stanley Black and Decker
> OSHA SIR `2023043066` · 4/6/2023 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, and cleaning machinery and appliances, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Stanley Black and Decker
- **Location:** 1772 Grammes Street, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18103
- **NAICS:** 332510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing continuity testing on an HVAC connection when an arc flash occurred. The employee sustained burns to their face and both hands.

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