# Electrical burns, unspecified at Vital Steel Erectors
> OSHA SIR `2023043616` · 4/22/2023 · SPRING, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Vital Steel Erectors
- **Location:** 6912 FM 2920, SPRING, TEXAS, 77379
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just finished installing steel on a structure and got back into the aerial lift basket. As they were returning to ground level, the basket contacted overhead electrical lines, resulting in electric shock and burns.

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