# Electrical burns, unspecified at KIOWA LINE BUILDERS
> OSHA SIR `2022076125` · 7/13/2022 · TIPTON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** KIOWA LINE BUILDERS
- **Location:** 801 State Route 5, TIPTON, MISSOURI, 65081
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dead-ending an electrical connection. After coming down in the bucket truck the employee realized he left a nylon strap on the upper portion of the pole. While retrieving the strap the employee made contact with an energized line resulting in a shock. The employee sustained burns to the left arm, back, and chest.

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