# Second degree electrical burns at MasTec Services Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018077508` · 7/24/2018 · MARTINDALE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** MasTec Services Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 3136 South East River Road, MARTINDALE, TEXAS, 78655
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rewiring a power line pole when the back of his right hand touched the 7,200-volt tap line. He suffered second-degree burns to his right hand and an exit wound on the left side of his torso.

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