# Electrical burns, unspecified at People's Electric Cooperative (PEC)
> OSHA SIR `2022086881` · 8/4/2022 · COALGATE, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** People's Electric Cooperative (PEC)
- **Location:** 2.5 miles Norht of Cario Y; GPS coordinates 34.6222, -961449, COALGATE, OKLAHOMA, 74538
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee in a bucket truck was untying phases of a 7,200-volt three-phase line before a construction crew could change out a pole. The employee came in contact with a lightning arrester and was shocked. The employee also sustained electrical burns.

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