# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at Chancellor, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015010393` · 1/12/2015 · SAINT GABRIEL, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Chancellor, Inc.
- **Location:** Entergy Willow Glenn 500 KV Substation, SAINT GABRIEL, LOUISIANA, 70776
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was testing a meter with an 8-ft shotgun stick in an energized zone and encountered an arc flash. This incident occurred at approximately 8:00 AM on January 12, 2015. The employee was hospitalized with 2nd and 3rd degree burns. The employee was authorized to be in the energized zone and was wearing flame retardant clothing, a hard hat, safety glasses and a high-visibility vest.

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