# Soft tissue injuries and burns at Chicago Switchboard, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024054041` · 5/8/2024 · YORKVILLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Soft tissue injuries and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to electric arc
- **Source:** Switchboards, panels, fuses
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Chicago Switchboard, LLC
- **Location:** 1555 W. Corneils Rd., YORKVILLE, ILLINOIS, 60560
- **NAICS:** 335313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a 600-volt multimeter to take a measurement on one of the three 34kV phases to help with assembling and installing fuses into a switchgear when an arc flash/blast occurred. They sustained second-degree burns to the face and hands and a dislocated shoulder. The employee was not wearing PPE at the time.

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