# Electrical burns, unspecified at Utility Construction Services
> OSHA SIR `2016010621` · 1/22/2016 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Utility Construction Services
- **Location:** CR 1160, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79701
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing two jumpers on a double dead end when an arc flash occurred, burning the employee's arms and upper chest.

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