# Electrical burns, unspecified at NELSON TREE SERVICE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015086250` · 8/30/2015 · AKRON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** NELSON TREE SERVICE, INC.
- **Location:** 2123 West 106 St, AKRON, OHIO, 44333
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

During a power outage, an employee was helping to clear a line of tree branches at an electrical substation using a pole pruner. A branch fell after it was cut, striking a live line and the employee.  The employee got shocked and was burned on his hands and torso.

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