# Electrical burns  any degree at EP Breaux Utility Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025077081` · 7/21/2025 · IOWA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns  any degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to electric arc
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
## Employer
- **Name:** EP Breaux Utility Services, LLC
- **Location:** 4979 Lane Rd, IOWA, LOUISIANA, 70647
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was standing in the man basket of an aerial lift as another employee drove the lift across the yard to their destination. The two employees were going to torque nuts that were installed on the 4-hole pads of elevated substation equipment (including various types of transformers, lightning arresters, etc.). At their destination, they were ascending in the man basket when electricity arced to the basket. The injured employee sustained arc flash burns to their face and right arm.

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