# Electrical burns  any degree at Georgia Power Company
> OSHA SIR `2024021593` · 2/20/2024 · HINESVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ears and facial region  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns  any degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to electric arc
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Measurement and scientific devices  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Georgia Power Company
- **Location:** 820 W Oglethorpe HWY, HINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 31313
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was testing a line for connection and connected the test device to an energized line in a transformer. An arc flash occurred and burned the employee's face.

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