# Electrical burns, unspecified at North Houston Pole Line, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `2023109984` · 10/28/2023 · CYPRESS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** North Houston Pole Line, L.P.
- **Location:** 13002 Kulge Road, CYPRESS, TEXAS, 77429
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to remove a control cable from a cell tower. The end of a wire came close to an adjacent power line, a 138-kilovolt transmission line, resulting in an arc flash. The employee sustained burns to their hands and arms.

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