# Electrical burns, unspecified at North Houston Pole Line
> OSHA SIR `2019021400` · 2/7/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Electric parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** North Houston Pole Line
- **Location:** 3227 Blodgett St, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77004
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out the insulator on a buswork at a substation. An energized lightning arrester shocked the employee, causing burns to the left hand. The employee was hospitalized.

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