# Electrical burns, unspecified at Pike Electric, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021108622` · 10/6/2021 · COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Pike Electric, LLC
- **Location:** 4398 Strom Thurmond Boulevard, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29207
- **NAICS:** 221121
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was changing out an underground transformer. The employee contacted the live transformer and sustained burns to their right hand, right forearm, and left thigh.

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