# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at SOLPOWERLINES, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019088338` · 8/13/2019 · ABBEVILLE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** SOLPOWERLINES, LLC
- **Location:** City of Abbeville, ABBEVILLE, LOUISIANA, 70510
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee in a bucket truck was removing the cover off of a center phase 35.5-kV top circuit and was hit by an arc flash. The employee sustained third degree burns to the neck and the left side of a hand. The employee also sustained first and second degree burns to the face, right shoulder and arm, and around the back from rib to rib.

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