# Electrical burns, unspecified at EVERGY
> OSHA SIR `2020088194` · 8/28/2020 · LIBERTY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** EVERGY
- **Location:** 1650 State Highway B, LIBERTY, MISSOURI, 64068
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were attaching a tie-in wire to hold a wire to a new insulator that had been put on a pole. The tie ware came into contact with the pole grounding wire, causing an arc flash that burned the employees' faces, arms, and necks.

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