# Electrical burns, unspecified at The Fishel Company
> OSHA SIR `2020021340` · 2/11/2020 · AKRON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** The Fishel Company
- **Location:** intersection of rt 21/rt18, AKRON, OHIO, 44301
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An aerial crew was lashing a span of fiber telecommunications line when the fiber rose under tension and contacted the overhead primary electrical line. An employee working out of the bucket sustained burns to both hands and was hospitalized.

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