# Electrical burns  any degree at Shawnee Milling Company
> OSHA SIR `2024087826` · 8/24/2024 · SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA
## 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:** Screwdrivers
## Employer
- **Name:** Shawnee Milling Company
- **Location:** 201 S. Broadway Avenue, SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA, 74801
- **NAICS:** 311211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was doing electrical preventative maintenance on a motor control center. As he was about to tighten a metal screw with a metal screwdriver, he came into contact with the metal frame of the disconnect. The resulting arc flash caused second-degree burns to his right hand and face, as well as eye irritation.

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