# Second degree electrical burns at Utility Lines COnstruction Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017065927` · 6/28/2017 · FORT MYERS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Utility Lines COnstruction Services, LLC
- **Location:** Intersection of Oriole road, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 33901
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a switch to a pole when his hand contacted an overhead powerline and an arc flash occurred. He suffered a first degree burn on his chest and second degree burn on his back, requiring hospitalization.

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