# Electrical burns, unspecified at JAMES F THOMAS CONTRACTORS AND ENGINEERS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2016042800` · 4/4/2016 · LANTANA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** JAMES F THOMAS CONTRACTORS AND ENGINEERS, INC.
- **Location:** Osborne FPL  Substation, LANTANA, FLORIDA, 33462
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed a ladder to install a buss over an energized circuit. The buss slipped from the employee's hand and made contact with an energized circuit. An arc flash occurred and the employee's hands, face and chest were burned.

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