# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at E Light Electrical Services
> OSHA SIR `2023053922` · 5/2/2023 · ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO
## 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:** E Light Electrical Services
- **Location:** 6341 south fiddlers green circle, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, 80112
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was terminating new feeders into a 4,000-amp switch gear. While moving wires that were dangling, one of the wires came in contact with a phase bus that created a ground fault and an arc blast. The employee sustained third-degree burns to the right side of his neck and burns to the right arm and left hand that required surgery.

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