# Electrical burns  any degree at Sullivan & Merritt Constructors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024054672` · 5/28/2024 · SKOWHEGAN, MAINE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns  any degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to electric arc
- **Source:** Switchboards, panels, fuses
- **Secondary source:** Drills, braces, drivers
## Employer
- **Name:** Sullivan & Merritt Constructors, Inc.
- **Location:** 1329 Waterville Road, SKOWHEGAN, MAINE, 04976
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was drilling a quarter-inch hole into a 277-volt bus bar and sustained electrical burns to their face and arms from an arc flash.

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