# Second degree electrical burns at Sumter Utilities Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019021375` · 2/6/2019 · DALLAS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Cranes, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Sumter Utilities Inc.
- **Location:** 5661 Dallas Hwy., DALLAS, GEORGIA, 30132
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to move a power pole. The aerial crane carrying the pole made contact with 7,200-volt power lines, and the employee suffered first and second degree electrical burns to the right foot.

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