# Electrical burns, unspecified at KCP&L
> OSHA SIR `2017088214` · 8/25/2017 · SALISBURY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** KCP&L
- **Location:** 33164 Jones Rd, SALISBURY, MISSOURI, 65281
- **NAICS:** 221112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in an elevated bucket, replacing an electrical pole, when his body made contact with a live electrical current, which entered his body in his elbow and exited out of his chest area. He suffered electrical burns.

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