# Electrical burns, unspecified at Alabama Power Company
> OSHA SIR `2020032648` · 3/21/2020 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Alabama Power Company
- **Location:** 3825 Lorna Road, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35244
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were checking secondary voltage in a pad-mounted transformer. One of the employees was holding a voltmeter while the other held its test probes. A test probe was pulled out of the second employee's hand and made contact with an energized device. This energized the voltmeter the first employee was holding, burning his left hand, left shoulder, and both feet.

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