# Electrical burns  any degree at Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingals Incorporated
> OSHA SIR `2025054075` · 5/1/2025 · NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns  any degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity  unspecified
- **Source:** Welding and heating handtools   n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingals Incorporated
- **Location:** 4101 Washington Avenue, NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, 23607
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to inspect a weld joint on a submarine module when she contacted a an exposed wire on the cable of an energized heater bar. The employee was hospitalized with a third-degree burn on her upper left arm.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*