# Electrical burns, unspecified at Thompson Machinery Commerce Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016076764` · 7/25/2016 · SUNFLOWER, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Thompson Machinery Commerce Corporation
- **Location:** GPS 30 degrees 30 minutes 28.9 seconds North, SUNFLOWER, MISSISSIPPI, 38778
- **NAICS:** 423810
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using needle-nose pliers to change a fuse in a switchgear panel when an arc blast/flash occurred, causing flash burns to his right arm.

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