# Electrical burns and electrocution at John R. Seiberlich, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024098244` · 9/5/2024 · NEWARK, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Body systems and other part(s) of body
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns and electrocution
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity  unspecified
- **Source:** Heating, cooling, cleaning, and waste handling machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** John R. Seiberlich, Inc.
- **Location:** 630 East Chestnut Hill Road, NEWARK, DELAWARE, 19713
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was evaluating a packaged HVAC unit. During testing of a damper actuator, he accessing the electrical heating coil. He sustained an electrical shock and third-degree burns to their hands and left upper and lower extremities, as well as a head laceration.

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