# Second degree electrical burns at Pike Electric, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018099448` · 9/12/2018 · GREENVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Pike Electric, LLC
- **Location:** Transmission Power Line (exact location - unknown), GREENVILLE, ALABAMA, 36037
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were installing a jumper between two power lines from an aerial lift when an arc flash occurred. The first employee suffered a second degree burn on his left thigh, and the second employee received a first degree burn to his left arm. They were both hospitalized.

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