# Electrical burns, unspecified at Wilson Utility Construction
> OSHA SIR `2015118996` · 11/19/2015 · UNION CITY, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less
- **Source:** Electric parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wilson Utility Construction
- **Location:** Power Line Project, UNION CITY, CALIFORNIA, 94587
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On November 19, 2015, at about 8:00am two employees received electrical burns when they removed a grounding strap from 220Kv lines.  They were working from a personnel platform suspended by a crane on a barge in the San Francisco Bay.

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