# Second degree electrical burns at Electrical Corporation of America
> OSHA SIR `20231110096` · 11/1/2023 · KANSAS CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Electrical Corporation of America
- **Location:** 2060 N 39th Ave, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, 66103
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in an electrical panel. An arc flash in the panel caused second-degree burns to the employee's hands and first-degree burns to their face

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