# Electrical burns, unspecified at Georgia Power Company
> OSHA SIR `2021032611` · 3/28/2021 · OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Georgia Power Company
- **Location:** 315 W Anderson St., OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA, 31068
- **NAICS:** 221118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was one of three workers on-site repairing a downed overhead conductor that had been damaged by a fallen tree. The injured employee began to measure the length of the jumper before the circuit was de-energized and grounded. He grabbed a de-energized conductor with one hand and touched an energized conductor with his other hand. The employee sustained electrical burns to both hands.

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