# Electrical burns  any degree at Southwestern Public Service Company
> OSHA SIR `2024043083` · 4/8/2024 · DENVER CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns  any degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to electric arc
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Other handtools  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwestern Public Service Company
- **Location:** Highway 214 near Highway 83, DENVER CITY, TEXAS, 79323
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were deenergizing a section of electrical line with a hot stick. The stick bonded to an energized jumper, causing an arc flash that burned an employee's hand, shoulder, and hip. The employee was hospitalized.

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