# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at Asplundh Tree Expert Company
> OSHA SIR `20161110867` · 11/19/2016 · BEAUMONT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Trees, logs, limbs, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree Expert Company
- **Location:** 7020 firethorn drive, BEAUMONT, TEXAS, 77708
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming a tree limb that was touching a powerline. When he grabbed the tree limb, he made indirect contact with the powerline, suffering third degree burns to both hands and his right leg.

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