# Electrical burns and electrocution at JBL Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024021658` · 2/22/2024 · SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY
## 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  greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** JBL Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** 3001 S Clinton Ave, SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, 07080
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking poling equipment. He placed his right hand on an energized H1 bushing transformer that was operating at 69 kV. The shock knocked him back, and he received electrical shock burns to his right hand and right foot.

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