# Electrical burns, unspecified at Pulice Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020087497` · 8/7/2020 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Pulice Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** FM 2234 and Fm 521, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77053
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A work crew was moving concrete barriers along a traffic lane using an excavator with a barrier lifter. The excavator's boom contacted a 19.9-kilovolt overhead power line, and an employee was shocked. The employee suffered burns to the right hand and right foot.

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