# Electrical burns, unspecified at Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019088117` · 8/7/2019 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **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:** Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC
- **Location:** 907 Race Street, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18109
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An arborist was working in a tree, approximately 30 feet above grade, when a felled branch contacted a single-phase electrical line. This caused the employee to sustain an electrical shock and burns.

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