# Fractures and burns at Swisher Electric Cooperative, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024099061` · 9/27/2024 · TULIA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity  unspecified
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Swisher Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- **Location:** intersection of FM146 and CR16, TULIA, TEXAS, 79088
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an aerial device, performing storm restoration work on a substation. The employee sustained an electrical shock caused by induced voltage from a de-energized line. The employee sustained fractures to their left shoulder and shoulder blade, and an electrical burn to their ring finger.

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