# Electrical burns  any degree at Consolidated Edison Company of NY Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024043351` · 4/17/2024 · STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns  any degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to electric arc
- **Source:** Utility poles
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Consolidated Edison Company of NY Inc
- **Location:** 1806 Hylan Blvd., STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, 10306
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a bucket truck to install a 40-kilovolt switch onto a utility pole when an arc flash occurred, resulting in first-degree burns to the employee's right ear and neck.

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