# Second degree electrical burns at Jim Williams Fence Company
> OSHA SIR `2023076673` · 7/25/2023 · LAKELAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Chain-link fences, panels
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Jim Williams Fence Company
- **Location:** 1740 George Jenkins Blvd, LAKELAND, FLORIDA, 33815
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a manlift installing a 24-foot high chain link fence. One of the metal fence components that he was holding contacted a live power line, shocking the employee and causing second-degree burns to their left hand.

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