# Electrical burns, unspecified at Marathon Petroleum Galveston Bay Refinery
> OSHA SIR `2018032253` · 3/6/2018 · TEXAS CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Marathon Petroleum Galveston Bay Refinery
- **Location:** 2401 5th Ave. South, TEXAS CITY, TEXAS, 77590
- **NAICS:** 324110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a panel switch to the open position on a 480-volt motor control center breaker when an electrical arc flash occurred, burning the employee's eyes, face, neck, and hands.

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