# Electrical burns and electrocution at Ferreira Power South
> OSHA SIR `2024043714` · 4/29/2024 · JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Body systems and other part(s) of body
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns and electrocution
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Ferreira Power South
- **Location:** 263 McCain Park Drive, JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS, 75766
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a power line that was damaged during a storm. A line from another pole came off a damaged cross-arm and contacted the power line the employee was repairing. The employee sustained electrical shock and burns.

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