# Electrical burns, unspecified at Protech Field Services
> OSHA SIR `2022043607` · 4/26/2022 · STANTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Protech Field Services
- **Location:** Madde 1-2, STANTON, TEXAS, 79782
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a 20-foot long, metal pole for the meter run in the dog house. The pole touched a live electric line over the doghouse and the employee was shocked. The employee then dropped the pole and fell to the ground. The employee sustained electrical burns on both arms and the front of the torso.

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