# First degree electrical burns at Schnitzer Southeast
> OSHA SIR `2017065965` · 6/29/2017 · SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** First degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Semi, tractor-trailer, tanker truck
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Schnitzer Southeast
- **Location:** KaMin Performance Minerals, SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA, 31082
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to pick up a roll-off container with hoisting cables when the hook on the container broke and the hoisting cable flew up and over the employee's tractor truck, contacting the overhead power lines. The controls on the truck became energized in the employee's hand, and he suffered first degree burns to his right hand and foot.

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