# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at Penns Industrial & Commercial Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020065162` · 6/3/2020 · CARTHAGE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Towers, poles, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Penns Industrial & Commercial Construction, LLC
- **Location:** Tyson Foods HWY 35 N., CARTHAGE, MISSISSIPPI, 39051
- **NAICS:** 236210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stepping over a 2-foot retaining wall while holding a 25-foot aluminum pole. The pole touched an overhead transformer fuse, and the employee was shocked. The employee suffered second- and third-degree burns to the leg, buttocks, and arm.

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