# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at AMEREN MISSOURI
> OSHA SIR `2023054520` · 5/21/2023 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** AMEREN MISSOURI
- **Location:** 1901 Chouteau Avenue, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63103
- **NAICS:** 221112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just cleared damage to a utility pole that had been broken by a motor vehicle accident and was laying over the highway. As the employee was parking his vehicle, the vehicle s radio antenna contacted the low-hanging energized conductor, causing the vehicle to become energized. The employee stepped out of the vehicle and experienced an electric shock, resulting in second-and-third-degree burns to the head, left upper arm, left hand, left leg, and left foot. His little toe was medically amputated.

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