# Electrical burns, unspecified at Newcastle Electric, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018010336` · 1/11/2018 · SPRING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Electrical wiring-building
## Employer
- **Name:** Newcastle Electric, LLC
- **Location:** 6831 Cypresswood Dr., SPRING, TEXAS, 77379
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing wire in a police sub-station that had been flooded.  As he reached for a wire, he sustained burns to his left hand because the circuit was not de-energized, requiring hospitalization.

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