# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at Hawthorne Contracting
> OSHA SIR `2022032635` · 3/24/2022 · OXFORD, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Electric parts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Hawthorne Contracting
- **Location:** Wideman Rd, OXFORD, ARKANSAS, 72565
- **NAICS:** 335929
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a bucket installing a fiber optic line. An insulator 4 feet above the employee broke, causing the primary electric line to come loose and fall on him. He suffered third-degree electrical burns to the back, chest, arms, 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*