# Electrical burns, unspecified at Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020065701` · 6/18/2020 · IDLEDALE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Limbs, branches-unattached
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC
- **Location:** 21684 Shady Lane, IDLEDALE, COLORADO, 80453
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming a tree at heights when a tree branch contacted power lines. The employee was indirectly shocked and sustained burns to the right hand and both forearms.

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