# Electrical burns, unspecified at Traffic & Lighting Systems, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017032890` · 3/30/2017 · OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Lamp posts, street lights
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Traffic & Lighting Systems, LLC
- **Location:** NW Expressway between Portland and NW 63rd, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, 73112
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were guiding a metal light pole from its base to the ground. As the employees were guiding the light pole, the top portion of the light pole came in contact with a 7200v overhead power line. All three employees received burns to their hands and one employee received burns to the upper torso.

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