# Electrical burns  any degree at United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners
> OSHA SIR `2024054180` · 5/13/2024 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns  any degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity  unspecified
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners
- **Location:** 1900 West Sunshine, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65807
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the oil in a ground-level transformer when they suffered an electric shock and sustained burns to their right arm and leg.

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