# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Mesa Line Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015031468` · 3/25/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Mesa Line Services, LLC
- **Location:** Intersection of Hardy and Franklins St., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77009
- **NAICS:** 541990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was electrically shocked when his right hand made contact with a power line that was inductively charged. There were three power lines, two outer lines with 138kv and a center line that was disconnected but not grounded. The employee grabbed the center power line when he stumbled while trying to exit the tower. He suffered exit wounds to the right shin and a right toe.

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