# Electrical burns  any degree at Latshaw Drilling
> OSHA SIR `2025010976` · 1/30/2025 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns  any degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to electric arc
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Wrenches, ratchets
## Employer
- **Name:** Latshaw Drilling
- **Location:** Farm to Market road 1379, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79706
- **NAICS:** 213111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing an electrical guard at the power house when a wrench contacted a powerline. An arc flash occurred and the employee sustained burns to his right hand.

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