# Electrical burns  any degree at Fiber Express Communications Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024064928` · 6/5/2024 · OCHLOCKNEE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns  any degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Fiber Express Communications Inc.
- **Location:** Pummy Rd 1101, OCHLOCKNEE, GEORGIA, 31773
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tensioning a fiber optic line on a pole when the primary phase line detached and fell on the employee, resulting in second-degree burns to his back, chest, and left palm.

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