After a man was seriously burned when the "cap" to an electrical cord exploded in his hand, the company that installed the cord was told to stop doing unlicensed electrical contractor work, according to an order made public by the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry in June.

GSI Group Corp., an Illinois grain-bin manufacturer, was also fined $20,000 with $15,000 stayed for three years. According to the complaint, a GSI manager was working on a grain-bin motor at an unnamed Minnesota farm in July 2009 when he attached a 50-amp cord to a 480-volt, 400-amp switch, with no "overcurrent protection." An angle iron then fell on the cord and the motor stopped working. An electrician working on site for another company was called over to troubleshoot. When he tried to unplug the cord, he suffered burns to his right hand and was taken to a Mankato hospital.