# Electrical burns  any degree at Miller Pipeline LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025065779` · 6/17/2025 · PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns  any degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to electric arc
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Electric parts  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Miller Pipeline LLC
- **Location:** 6038 107th Street, PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WISCONSIN, 53158
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was installing a pistol (electrical connection) to a new section of underground electric cable. The injured employee went to align the cable and pistol and it contacted a live bushing instead of the grounded bushing. An arc flash occurred. The employee sustained second-degree electrical burns to his left forearm and right hand, index finger, and thumb. The employee was hospitalized.

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