# Electrical burns and electrocution at Eversource Energy
> OSHA SIR `2025032173` · 3/7/2025 · CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Body systems and other part(s) of body
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns and electrocution
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to electric arc
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Eversource Energy
- **Location:** Highland Street, CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS, 02150
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up to test newly installed underground cables before energizing them when an arc flash occurred and the employee sustained an electrical shock. The employee also sustained an entry/exit wound on his right hand between his index and middle fingers.

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