# Electrical burns  any degree at TOMBIGBEE ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION
> OSHA SIR `2024054543` · 5/23/2024 · TREMONT, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **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:** TOMBIGBEE ELECTRIC POWER ASSOCIATION
- **Location:** 891 Briar Creek Road, TREMONT, MISSISSIPPI, 38876
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out an electrical transformer. While using his right hand to tighten a bolt on the back of the transformer, his left hand contacted a connector. The employee sustained electrical burns.

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