# Electrical burns, unspecified at Wright Tree Services
> OSHA SIR `2019088727` · 8/22/2019 · WEATHERFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Wright Tree Services
- **Location:** 971 Red Bird Lane, WEATHERFORD, TEXAS, 76088
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a bucket trimming limbs with a hydraulic stick saw. A cut limb fell onto a primary power line, pushing the primary line down into the neutral line. The resulting arc flash burned the employee's right hand.

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