# Electrical burns, unspecified at Sunland Construction, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017054249` · 5/10/2017 · PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Sunland Construction, Inc
- **Location:** Sunland Construction Field Office, PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA, 70764
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was re-erecting goal posts below a power line when the stringer of flags on one end of the goal posts became hung up on the passenger-side rear-view mirror of a haul truck. The injured employee was attempting to free the stringer of flags when a coworker raised a PVC pipe to place it over a t-post. The top of the PVC pole, where the stringer of flags was tied, came into contact with the overhead power line. The employee sustained burns to his left arm, left hand, and right foot. He was hospitalized for surgery.

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