# Electrical burns and electrocution at Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20241211224` · 12/5/2024 · TANNERSVILLE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Body systems and other part(s) of body
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns and electrocution
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation
- **Location:** 288 Platte Clove Rd, TANNERSVILLE, NEW YORK, 12485
- **NAICS:** 221121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was working on a damaged utility pole when the pole broke and contacted a digger derrick, causing an employee to be electrically shocked and sustain third-degree burns to their right hand. The employee was hospitalized.

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