# Second degree electrical burns at Gulf Power Company
> OSHA SIR `2018010325` · 1/10/2018 · MOLINO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
- **Secondary source:** Pliers, tongs
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Power Company
- **Location:** 1999 Morgan Cemetery Rd., MOLINO, FLORIDA, 32577
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and his coworker were installing a new meter set on a 4-gang meter base to provide electrical service to a multi-residential area. While his coworker went to the company truck to retrieve a new meter ring, he noticed a frog inside the meter base and was attempting to remove it with a pair of pliers when an electrical flash occurred. He sustained second degree burns on his right-hand fingers and was hospitalized.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*