# Electrical burns, unspecified at Premier Contracting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015096493` · 9/9/2015 · MANHATTAN, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Flashing
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Premier Contracting, Inc.
- **Location:** 138 S. 6th St., MANHATTAN, KANSAS, 66503
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee removing metal flashing from a parapet wall was shocked when the metal flashing contacted a 7200-volt overhead power line, burning the employee's left wrist and right arm/hand.

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