# Electrical burns, unspecified at Watkins Construction Co., LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023054216` · 5/10/2023 · SPRINGTOWN, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Plastic, PVC, or rubber pipes and tubing
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Watkins Construction Co., LLC
- **Location:** GPS_Coordinates: 32.97174 degrees north, 97.71006 degrees W, SPRINGTOWN, TEXAS, 76082
- **NAICS:** 237120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were installing goal posts for an overhead power line crossing. While installing a PVC pipe with guide wire attached to the top, the pipe made contact with the overhead electrical line and energized the guide wire, shocking one of the employees. The employee was knocked to the ground and sustained burns to the hand and foot, requiring hospitalization.

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