# Electrical burns  any degree at Hooper Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024076853` · 7/29/2024 · EMPIRE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Part of body  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns  any degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to electric arc
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Hooper Corporation
- **Location:** Remote location, EMPIRE, COLORADO, 80438
- **NAICS:** 221121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a maintenance task on an electrical transmission line at a remote location. They contacted an energized transmission line. A flash occurred and the employee sustained electrical burns to the body.

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