# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at Farmers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020109494` · 10/6/2020 · WYLIE, 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:** Farmers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- **Location:** 800 Springwell Parkway, WYLIE, TEXAS, 75098
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was closing a switchgear in an underground residential distribution primary when an arc flash occurred and caused third degree burns to the employee's hands.

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