# Electrical burns  any degree at Gerdau
> OSHA SIR `2025043135` · 4/3/2025 · CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns  any degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to electric arc
- **Source:** Welding machinery
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and machine platforms, surfaces
## Employer
- **Name:** Gerdau
- **Location:** 384 Old Grassdale Road Ne, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30121
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 3, 2025, an employee was welding a handle on a shroud manipulator when bare wire on the welding lead contacted the platform he was working from and an arc flash occurred. The employee was shocked and sustained third-degree burns to the top of his right foot.

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