# Electrical burns  any degree at Extract Production Services
> OSHA SIR `2024021562` · 2/20/2024 · LAMESA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Part of body  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns  any degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Drilling and extraction machinery  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Extract Production Services
- **Location:** Lagoon Jensen #1, LAMESA, TEXAS, 79331
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were installing a manual start switch on a 480-volt variable speed drive motor controller on a saltwater disposal (SWD) well control panel when an arc flash occurred. Two employee sustained burns and were hospitalized.

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