# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at Florida Power & Light Company
> OSHA SIR `2017010886` · 1/30/2017 · PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Florida Power & Light Company
- **Location:** 4010 Faraday Way, PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA, 33418
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee tapping in a set of electrical cables into the secondary side of a pad mounted transformer received second and third degree burns to the face when an arc flash occurred.

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