# Fractures and burns at Three Phase Line Construction Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109962` · 10/26/2024 · MARCY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Three Phase Line Construction Inc.
- **Location:** Marcy Substation, MARCY, NEW YORK, 13403
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a jumper from the center phase of a de-energized transmission line. When the jumper was removed, the induction current on the line (induced by nearby energized transmission lines) entered the employee's left hand and exited through his left hip area. The employee was hospitalized with burn wounds to left hand and  lower right abdomen, as well as a compression fracture to his T5, T6, and T7 vertebrae.

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