# Electrocution, electric shock at Larch Tree Service, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024054549` · 5/23/2024 · HUNTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocution, electric shock
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** Larch Tree Service, LLC
- **Location:** Closest Resident 505, HUNTER, NEW YORK, 12442
- **NAICS:** 541320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 1:50 PM on 5/23/2024, an employee was sharpening a saw on a chipper when a bucket truck struck overhead primary wires and the chipper became energized. The employee sustained electrical shock requiring hospitalization.

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