# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at Navasota Valley Electric Co-Op
> OSHA SIR `2022119588` · 11/1/2022 · FRANKLIN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Navasota Valley Electric Co-Op
- **Location:** 2281 U.S. 79, FRANKLIN, TEXAS, 77856
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing underground primary wire while in a bucket lift truck. When a connection was made to a transformer, the wire arched employee was shocked and suffered second- and third-degree burns to the left arm and right hand.

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