# Electrical burns, unspecified at Power Line Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017087951` · 8/18/2017 · KERMIT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Power Line Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 2 miles North of Hwy 115 on CO RD 301, KERMIT, TEXAS, 79745
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clipping in a new conductor on an existing distribution line when a phase to ground fault occurred, causing an electrical flash that burned his left arm and shoulder.

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