# Fractures and burns at Southwest Electric Co
> OSHA SIR `2025021262` · 2/8/2025 · SALLISAW, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  unspecified
- **Source:** Switchboards, panels, fuses
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwest Electric Co
- **Location:** 1300 buddy spencer ave, SALLISAW, OKLAHOMA, 74955
- **NAICS:** 423610
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was testing a transformer when he sustained an electrical shock and a burn. He fell down from the electrical cabinet and sustained fractures to his lower leg and ankle, as well as third-degree burns to his back, right arm, and thigh.

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