# Second degree electrical burns at West Penn Power
> OSHA SIR `2023054223` · 5/10/2023 · NORTH CHARLEROI, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
- **Secondary source:** Electric parts, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** West Penn Power
- **Location:** 6th and Center Alley, NORTH CHARLEROI, PENNSYLVANIA, 15022
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a bucket truck drilling a hole into a utility pole when a conductor located above the employee broke free from the pole and fell onto the equipment. The employee suffered second-degree burns to the right side of their face.

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