# Electrical burns, unspecified at Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
> OSHA SIR `2021054280` · 5/26/2021 · FORT WORTH, 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:** Trees
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
- **Location:** 6517 Welch Avenue, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76133
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming a pecan tree with a hand saw. He had climbed the tree and was pulling a limb back to cut it when the limb contacted power lines. The employee was shocked and suffered burns to both hands and both knees.

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