# Electrical burns, unspecified at T. L. Wallace Construction Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017066037` · 6/29/2017 · ODESSA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Sheet metal
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** T. L. Wallace Construction Inc.
- **Location:** 12618 East I-20, ODESSA, TEXAS, 79765
- **NAICS:** 237310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing sheet metal at a business when wind blew a section of the sheet metal into a powerline, causing the employee to sustain an electrical burn to the right hand. The employee was hospitalized.

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