# Electrical burns, unspecified at Florida Power and Light
> OSHA SIR `2021043554` · 4/29/2021 · DEERFIELD BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Florida Power and Light
- **Location:** R/O 141 SE 10th CT, DEERFIELD BEACH, FLORIDA, 33442
- **NAICS:** 221118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on an out-of-service electrical pole. While he was up the pole on a ladder, and then on hooks, his hand touched with a primary voltage jumper that had burnt off at the transformer. He suffered an entry wound through the little finger and out the back of his arm behind the elbow.

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