# Fractures and burns at VTCU, CORP.
> OSHA SIR `2024109788` · 10/21/2024 · POCATELLO, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** VTCU, CORP.
- **Location:** 3770 POLE LINE ROAD, BLDG 37, POCATELLO, IDAHO, 83201
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After a voltage test, an employee came into contact with a power transformer that was still energized with 10 kV. The employee suffered burns to fingertips on both hands, the upper left arm, and three or four places on the lower stomach. He also suffered microfractures to his upper back between the shoulder blades.

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