# Electrical burns, unspecified at Power Utility Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020021257` · 2/7/2020 · KANSAS, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Power Utility Services Inc.
- **Location:** E 560 Rd. and South 540 Rd., KANSAS, OKLAHOMA, 74347
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and the company owner were working in aerial lift buckets, converting a single-phase line to a three-phase line. The employee came into contact with an energized line and suffered burns to both arms, both elbows, and the right hand.

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