# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Sunflower Electric Power Corporation - Holcomb Station
> OSHA SIR `2021020934` · 2/2/2021 · ULYSSES, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
- **Secondary source:** Relays, rheostats, starters, controls
## Employer
- **Name:** Sunflower Electric Power Corporation - Holcomb Station
- **Location:** 14255 E US HWY 160, ULYSSES, KANSAS, 67880
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were grounding a 115KV line. An employee was in a bucket truck when the truck's upper boom contacted an ungrounded phase which energized the bucket. The employee was shocked and lost consciousness for approximately 30 seconds. The employee also suffered burns to his left hand that required hospitalization.

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