# Electrical burns and electrocution at Meccor Industries Ltd
> OSHA SIR `2024010877` · 1/29/2024 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Body systems and other part(s) of body
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns and electrocution
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity  unspecified
- **Source:** Welding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Meccor Industries Ltd
- **Location:** 836 W Wellington Ave,, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60657
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unplugging the quick-connect plug of a welder when an arc flash occurred, resulting in electric shock and burns to the right thumb and left side of the face.

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