Abstract: At approximately 10:15 a.m. on November 16, 2012, Employee #1 was elevated in a truck mounted aerial device. The employee was working from an insulated work platform attaching the end of a carabineers attachment by a lanyard. Employee #1 was working with a "hot arm" manufactured by Chance, (Model Number H4800-72), to temporarily support the 7200-volt phase/ground energized, and uninsulated conductor while the new wooden pole was being installed. The employee suffered an electrical shocked and was burned. Employee #1 was transported to an area hospital, where he was treated for third degree burns to his hands. The employee remains hospitalized.