# Electrical burns, unspecified at Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023053944` · 5/2/2023 · HOUMA, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Lawn mowers-riding
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Gulf Island Fabrication, Inc
- **Location:** 583 Thompson Road, HOUMA, LOUISIANA, 70363
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting grass using a zero-turn lawn mower. The lawn mower frame snagged a power pole brace wire and pulled down the energized power pole. The employee sustained electrical burns to his left arm and left lower leg.

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