# Electrical burns, unspecified at AEP
> OSHA SIR `2017010768` · 1/25/2017 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Electric parts, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AEP
- **Location:** 3601 Callicot Rd, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78401
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking measurements of the sub-station when an arc flash occurred and burned the back of the employee's left hand to his wrist.

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