# Electrical burns, unspecified at Capital Electric Line Builders
> OSHA SIR `2015129566` · 12/17/2015 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Capital Electric Line Builders
- **Location:** 912 E. 55th Street South, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67216
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A lineman in a bucket truck was removing a dead insulator. Something hanging down from the basket contacted a live line below. The employee suffered electrical burns to the hands and thighs.

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