# Electrical burns, unspecified at Trinity Solar
> OSHA SIR `2023087285` · 8/10/2023 · AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Drills-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Trinity Solar
- **Location:** 136 Heatherstone Road, AMHERST, MASSACHUSETTS, 01002
- **NAICS:** 221114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was drilling an access hole into the meter box of a residential property. The drill bit punched through the metal and hit a live conductor inside the box. The employee sustained an electrical arc flash burn to their hand and was hospitalized.

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