# Electrical burns, unspecified at Consolidated Communications, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018044150` · 4/30/2018 · ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Consolidated Communications, Inc.
- **Location:** Chamberlain St and Whitehall Rd, ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03867
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting a utility pole when it contacted the field phase of an existing three-phase primary conductor. The employee received an electrical shock and burn.

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