# Amputations at Kings Table Powerline Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088412` · 8/15/2019 · BRUNDIDGE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Kings Table Powerline Services, Inc.
- **Location:** At intersection near, BRUNDIDGE, ALABAMA, 36010
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a bucket truck, moving 7.2-kilovolt lines 40 feet up on a power pole. A live wire touched the employee's right hand or head; the employee was hospitalized and the hand was amputated.

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