# Electrical burns, unspecified at Northstar Energy Solutions LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021108870` · 10/15/2021 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Northstar Energy Solutions LLC
- **Location:** 1101 Bradshaw Drive, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78412
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was changing out a transformer. The transformer had been disconnected from the conductor. When the hardware affixing the transformer to the pole was loosened, the pin insulator on the overhead conductor broke and the conductor contacted the transformer, which then became energized. An employee who was working on the pole suffered burns and was hospitalized.

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