# Electrical burns, unspecified at North Houston Pole Line Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2015040329` · 4/6/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Cheek(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** North Houston Pole Line Corp.
- **Location:** 12127 Fairbury Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77089
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were changing out old aluminum electrical cables and replacing them with new cables.  The cables were in conduit.  The cable to be removed was de-energized.  The employee cut an energized cable and received burns on his right cheek from the resulting electrical arc flash.

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