# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at Mesa Line Services, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2016098631` · 9/12/2016 · DICKINSON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Cutting handtools-power not determined, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Electric parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Mesa Line Services, LLC.
- **Location:** 2234 28th Street, DICKINSON, TEXAS, 77539
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were cutting a jumper wire with cutters when their tool made contact with a live line. They were severely electric shocked, suffering second- and third-degree burns.

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