# Electrical burns, unspecified at Lemcon Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191212504` · 12/5/2019 · LITTLE ELM, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Rulers, tape measures
- **Secondary source:** Electrical wiring-building
## Employer
- **Name:** Lemcon Inc.
- **Location:** 11535 FM 423 B, LITTLE ELM, TEXAS, 75068
- **NAICS:** 424990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a metal tape measurer when it contacted live electrical wires, resulting in electrical burns to the employee's hands and both sides of the body.

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