# Electrical burns, unspecified at Wiretech Electric
> OSHA SIR `2020021426` · 2/13/2020 · FLUSHING, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Wiretech Electric
- **Location:** 133-36 37th Ave, FLUSHING, NEW YORK, 11354
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An electrician was relocating a live, 480-volt wire in an electrical panel. Carpenters from another company were drilling a hole on the floor with a track underneath the panel. An arc flash occurred in the electrical panel and hit the electrician and two carpenters. The electrician sustained burns to his face and stomach. One carpenter sustained burns to his back. The other carpenter had buzzing in his ear due to the loud sound.

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