# Electrical burns  any degree at El Paso Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `2025088581` · 8/27/2025 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns  any degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to electric arc
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** El Paso Electric Company
- **Location:** 12960 Sueno Alegre, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79938
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a pole ground when a phase 1 ground arc flash occurred. The employee sustained burns to their face, cheek, ear, and abdomen.

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