# Electrical burns, unspecified at Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022065743` · 6/30/2022 · SOUTHPORT, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- **Location:** 15830 Highway 77, SOUTHPORT, FLORIDA, 32409
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were unloading a truck full of poles when the boom contacted a 115-kV powerline. One employee on the ground was shocked, sustained burns, and was hospitalized.

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