# Second degree electrical burns at Hard Rock Construction
> OSHA SIR `2017010535` · 1/17/2017 · METAIRIE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Hard Rock Construction
- **Location:** 3476 Edenborn, METAIRIE, LOUISIANA, 70002
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating an excavator machine approximately four feet from an above ground power line when the power line arced out and electrocuted the employee who suffered second degree burns on the right arm and a broken wrist.

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