# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at M&I Electric Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018065880` · 6/14/2018 · PASADENA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **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:** M&I Electric Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** BASF Pasadena, PASADENA, TEXAS, 77503
- **NAICS:** 335313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance on the load break switches of a 13.8 kV circuit when the employee came into contact with energized equipment and an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered third degree arc flash burns from the shoulders up to the head, requiring hospitalization.

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