# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at Rochester Gas &  Electric Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2017054837` · 5/30/2017 · ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Rochester Gas &  Electric Corp.
- **Location:** 1101 Beach AVE, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14612
- **NAICS:** 221112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While replacing insulators inside a capacitor cabinet, an employee contacted live electrical conductors (11,000 volts). The employee suffered second and third degree burns and a fractured skull.

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