# Amputations involving bone loss at DACON Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024109517` · 10/13/2024 · LA PORTE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** DACON Corporation
- **Location:** 12501 Strang Rd., LA PORTE, TEXAS, 77571
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in an electrical bucket truck performing maintenance work. The employee's left hand contacted a 72,000-volt overhead power line. The employee sustained an amputation to the left arm as a result of the electrical shock and injuries to the abdomen.

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