# First degree electrical burns at Alabama Power Company
> OSHA SIR `2015085701` · 8/12/2015 · GADSDEN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** First degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Electrical wiring-building
## Employer
- **Name:** Alabama Power Company
- **Location:** 1905 Old Hwy 411, GADSDEN, ALABAMA, 35901
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee finished installing switches. While cleaning up and removing the rubber cover up used to protect from inadvertent contact, he touched the wire with more than 50 volts, resulting in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree burns to both arms.

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