# Electrical burns, unspecified at Victor Salvador Vasquez
> OSHA SIR `2021064645` · 6/8/2021 · BEDIAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Tool belts
## Employer
- **Name:** Victor Salvador Vasquez
- **Location:** 110 Brooks Lane, BEDIAS, TEXAS, 77831
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing fiber optic cable on a utility pole line. He climbed the pole and was swapping a lasher machine from one side of the pole to the other when there was an arc flash between the energized, 14,400-volt line and his work belt. He suffered burns to the upper body and was hospitalized.

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