# Electrical burns, unspecified at Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015096785` · 9/16/2015 · SCOTT CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Wheatland Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- **Location:** P.O. Box 230, SCOTT CITY, KANSAS, 67871
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing in a lift bucket changing out a still energized transformer on a power pole. He received electrical burns to the left forearm and right arm. Rubber gloves were not worn at the time of the incident.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*