# Electrical burns, unspecified at W. W. Gay Mechanical Contractor, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018076797` · 7/7/2018 · GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** W. W. Gay Mechanical Contractor, Inc.
- **Location:** 5510 NW 27th Ave., GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA, 32606
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder unhooking the ground clamp of a welding machine with the right hand when the employee grabbed a piece of conduit with the left hand for support and received an electric shock. The employee suffered a burn to the right hand around the thumb and ring finger.

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