# Electrical burns, unspecified at Volt Power LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018077005` · 7/12/2018 · FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Fasteners, connectors, ropes, ties, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Volt Power LLC
- **Location:** Southwest 28th Street, FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, 33301
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee cut the wire of a lightning arrester. The hot wire then made contact with a metal bracket and a flash occurred, causing thermal burns to the employee's face and chest.

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