# Electrical burns  any degree at Western Extrusions Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025011015` · 1/31/2025 · CARROLLTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns  any degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to electric arc
- **Source:** Switchboards, panels, fuses
- **Secondary source:** Container caps, lids, covers
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Extrusions Corporation
- **Location:** 1901 Simmons Parkway,, CARROLLTON, TEXAS, 75006
- **NAICS:** 331318
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were changing a breaker. While they were reinstalling the cover, it touched a live incoming electrical line. One of the employees suffered burns to his hands; the other suffered flash burns to his face.

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