# Electrical burns  any degree at VFC Lightning Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024098860` · 9/23/2024 · NEW TOWN, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Part of body  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns  any degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Hoists, lifts  scissor, telescoping
## Employer
- **Name:** VFC Lightning Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 4498 Hwy 8, NEW TOWN, NORTH DAKOTA, 58763
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a boom lift installing lightning protection. Electricity jumped from nearby transmission lines to the boom lift and shocked the employee. The employee sustained burns.

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