# Electrical burns, unspecified at Amaya Utility Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021021665` · 2/23/2021 · LONGVIEW, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Electric parts, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
## Employer
- **Name:** Amaya Utility Inc.
- **Location:** 3511 McCann Rd, LONGVIEW, TEXAS, 75605
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling cable while standing in front of a directional drilling machine when the machine struck an electrical pole riser. The electrical pole riser clamp had a power cord that contacted the drilling machine. The employee was shocked and sustained burns to the right hand.

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