# Electrical burns, unspecified at Davey Tree Surgery Company
> OSHA SIR `2019054544` · 5/3/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## 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:** Limbs, branches-unattached
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Davey Tree Surgery Company
- **Location:** 5619 Brairwood Forest Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77088
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming a tree when the branch he was cutting came close enough to a power line that electricity arced over to him, causing burns to his right hand and toes.

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