# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at Ca-Par Electric, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20211211127` · 12/29/2021 · SAINT AMANT, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Ca-Par Electric, Inc.
- **Location:** 12390 Hwy., SAINT AMANT, LOUISIANA, 70774
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were installing a new utility pole next to a live line. The energized line contacted the boom of the bucket truck they were using. One employee suffered third-degree burns to the chest and legs. Another, in the lift bucket, was injured by an arc flash that happened when the line contacted the lift again. That employee suffered third-degree burns to the face and chest.

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