# Electrical burns and electrocution at Arcos Industries, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025032523` · 3/17/2025 · MOUNT CARMEL, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Body systems and other part(s) of body
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns and electrocution
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Cranes gantry, overhead, monorail, container
- **Secondary source:** "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems
## Employer
- **Name:** Arcos Industries, LLC
- **Location:** 394 Arcos Drive, MOUNT CARMEL, PENNSYLVANIA, 17851
- **NAICS:** 333992
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a scissor lift, inspecting a gantry crane to determine why it was getting hung up. He came into contact with 480-volt wires and was shocked. The employee was hospitalized with electric shock and burns to his hands. The equipment was not locked out at the time of the incident.

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