# Electrical burns, unspecified at WHEMCO-Steel Castings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076447` · 7/13/2017 · HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WHEMCO-Steel Castings, Inc.
- **Location:** 601 WEST 7TH AVENUE, HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA, 15120
- **NAICS:** 331111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing an electrical circuit in a crane cab when an electrical current passed through the employee's right hand, causing arc flash burns.

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