# Electrical burns, unspecified at Mark Sweetman Painting LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019088169` · 8/8/2019 · WYNNEWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Mark Sweetman Painting LLC
- **Location:** 100 Overbrook Parkway, WYNNEWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA, 19096
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While using a ladder to clean rain gutters, the ladder contacted an electrical line. The employee was hospitalized for electric shock and burns to both hands.

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