# Electrical burns, unspecified at Wallace Sprinkler Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191111747` · 11/12/2019 · LUBBOCK, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Dump truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Wallace Sprinkler Inc.
- **Location:** Corner of N Ash Ave., LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79403
- **NAICS:** 221310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing sprinklers for landscaping while a dump truck from another company was dumping sand close to a highline wire. The dump truck hit the energized wire, causing it to split and fall on top of the employee. He received an electrical shock and experienced trouble breathing, a sore chest, and burns from the neck down.

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