# Electrical burns, unspecified at Virtalink Com LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023043457` · 4/18/2023 · MERRICK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Virtalink Com LLC
- **Location:** 16 Elliot Place, MERRICK, NEW YORK, 11566
- **NAICS:** 517311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing cable service to a private home. They were using a pole to run fiber line through trees when the pole contacted a power line, resulting in burns to his hands.

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