# Second degree electrical burns at North Houston Pole Line
> OSHA SIR `2020076855` · 7/21/2020 · PORTER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Lifelines, lanyards, safety belts, harnesses
## Employer
- **Name:** North Houston Pole Line
- **Location:** 22275 Ford Road, PORTER, TEXAS, 77365
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was working from a bucket truck transferring live wires from an old power pole to a new pole. The employee's lanyard got close enough to a live wire that an arc flash occurred. The employee sustained second degree burns where the metal parts of the harness contacted his body.

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