# Electrical burns, unspecified at Dixie Landscape Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018065390` · 6/1/2018 · KEY LARGO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Dixie Landscape Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 97000 Overseas Hwy, KEY LARGO, FLORIDA, 33037
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the ground guiding a coconut tree that was suspended by a piece of equipment to position it in a hole. The palm frond touched an overhead powerline while the employee was touching the root and he received an electrical shock, burning his hands and the bottom of his feet.

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