# Electrical burns, unspecified at Public Service Company or Colorado
> OSHA SIR `20201110662` · 11/10/2020 · LAKEWOOD, COLORADO
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Public Service Company or Colorado
- **Location:** 4905 W 9th Ave, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO, 80214
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were responding to a power outage. They were pulling in a secondary conductor while up on a distribution pole. One or both employees went to attach the conductor and contacted an energized high-voltage power line. Both employees were hospitalized with burns.

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