# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at D.R. Martinue Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020054735` · 5/21/2020 · FORT MYERS BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Building materials-solid elements, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** D.R. Martinue Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 754 Estero Blvd., FORT MYERS BEACH, FLORIDA, 33931
- **NAICS:** 238160
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a ladder to repair a piece of fascia when the piece of facia contacted a powerline. He received an electric shock and suffered second and third degree burns on 40 percent of his body (mostly his back and hands). He was hospitalized.

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