# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at Whataburger Restaurants LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018099766` · 9/20/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Whataburger Restaurants LLC
- **Location:** 15329 Wallisville Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77049
- **NAICS:** 722211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was plugging an electrical cord from a grill into a wall socket when a flash occurred. He was shocked and received a third degree burn to his left hand, requiring hospitalization.

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