# Electrical burns, unspecified at Wastequip Manufacturing Company LLC
> OSHA SIR `20161110290` · 11/1/2016 · BEEVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Shearing machines
## Employer
- **Name:** Wastequip Manufacturing Company LLC
- **Location:** 100 E. Industrial Blvd, BEEVILLE, TEXAS, 78102
- **NAICS:** 332439
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a new shear in the shop. He had removed the fuses from the bottom of the disconnect and began wiring the new shear into the box when an arc flash occurred, causing an electrical burn to his left forearm. The box was not locked out from its energy source at the time of the incident.

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