# Electrical burns  any degree at Matador Instrument and Electrical
> OSHA SIR `2025010982` · 1/30/2025 · BIG LAKE, 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:** Matador Instrument and Electrical
- **Location:** 31.35947 N, 101.62091 W, BIG LAKE, TEXAS, 76932
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tied in one end and was working on the other end when a wrench came in contact with a power line. An arc flash occurred and the employee sustained burns to both hands.

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