# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Electric Power Systems, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161111073` · 11/28/2016 · ALTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Electric Power Systems, Inc.
- **Location:** #5 Cut Street, ALTON, ILLINOIS, 62002
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were switching circuits in a circuit breaker when an arc flash/blast occurred. They were running from the blast when an oil-filled transformer exploded burning the employees. One of the employees was hospitalized due to the burns.

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