# Second degree electrical burns at High Point Construction Goup LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016109548` · 10/10/2016 · PENNSBORO, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** High Point Construction Goup LLC
- **Location:** Eddy Bridge, PENNSBORO, WEST VIRGINIA, 26415
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 10, 2016, at approximately 4:30 p.m., an employee was helping to remove a light plant generator from an excavation. A 9-foot chain was attached to telehandler forks and the light plant was lifted from the excavation and transported to a flatbed pickup truck located below a power line. While standing on the ground, the employee used his hand to guide the light plant onto the 4' high flatbed. The telehandler forks made contact with the overhead 7,200-volt line. The employee received second degree burns to his left hand, abdomen, and leg.

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