# Fractures and burns at Reuter & Hanney, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088967` · 8/30/2018 · FAIRLESS HILLS, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Reuter & Hanney, Inc.
- **Location:** 1 Ben Fairless Drive, FAIRLESS HILLS, PENNSYLVANIA, 19030
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to service a 69-kilovolt OCB switch. One leg of the switch did not disconnect when the air switch was opened. As the employee grounded the legs of the switch, an arc burned his hands and knocked him to the ground, breaking his ribs.

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