# Electrical burns, unspecified at The Hydaker-Wheatlake Co.
> OSHA SIR `2016076007` · 7/5/2016 · BLANCHESTER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** The Hydaker-Wheatlake Co.
- **Location:** 600 Wakins Rd., BLANCHESTER, OHIO, 45107
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were removing  an old utility pole with a digger derrick. One employee was at the base of the pole, guiding it, when he was shocked by the 19.9k-volts line. He suffered burns throughout his body.

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