# Electrical burns and electrocution at Piqua Steel Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024064995` · 6/6/2024 · MARYSVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Body systems and other part(s) of body
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns and electrocution
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to electric arc
- **Source:** Switchboards, panels, fuses
- **Secondary source:** Saws  except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Piqua Steel Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 24000 Honda Parkway, MARYSVILLE, OHIO, 43040
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to cut a beam and was removing overhead piping and conduit near a column during demolition work. While removing the overhead busbar (480-volts) with a reciprocating saw, the saw cut into the busbar and an arc flash occurred. The employee was electrocuted and sustained burns to their upper body and face.

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