# Electrical burns, unspecified at Modern Pump and Equipment Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019010021` · 1/2/2019 · HOUTZDALE, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Cranes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Modern Pump and Equipment Inc.
- **Location:** Houtzadale Municiple Authority pump house #4, HOUTZDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16651
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding a crane to pick up a spool of wire. While pulling the crane hook over to the spool of wire he reduced the distance to the 19.9 phase 2 ground overhead power line. The power line then arced across to the crane's wire rope shocking the employee. He was also burned on the left wrist and hand and both feet and was hospitalized.

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