# Electrical burns  any degree at Electrical Reliability Services
> OSHA SIR `2024065220` · 6/12/2024 · SULPHUR, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns  any degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to electric arc
- **Source:** Batteries
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Electrical Reliability Services
- **Location:** 900 Louisiana 108, SULPHUR, LOUISIANA, 70665
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was hooking up a temporary battery (120 volts) when a short occurred, resulting in an arc flash. The employee sustained first- and second-degree burns to both hands and was hospitalized.

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