# Electrical burns, unspecified at Advantages Associated, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020065103` · 6/2/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## 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:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Brooms, mops, and other cleaning tools
## Employer
- **Name:** Advantages Associated, Inc.
- **Location:** 1107 Shepherd Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77007
- **NAICS:** 238110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was brooming concrete on the third level of a parking garage under construction. The handle of the broom came into contact with overhead power lines. The employee suffered electrical burns to both hands and was hospitalized.

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