# Electrical burns  any degree at Irby Construction Company
> OSHA SIR `2025032046` · 3/3/2025 · PORT CHARLOTTE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ears and facial region  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns  any degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to electric arc
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Boom truck, cherry picker
## Employer
- **Name:** Irby Construction Company
- **Location:** 2228 Broad Ranch Dr, PORT CHARLOTTE, FLORIDA, 33948
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing a utility line from the bucket of a bucket truck when the bucket contacted the cut-out switch at the top of the pole, resulting in an arc flash. The employee sustained flash burns on his face.

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