# Electrical burns and electrocution at SMC Logistics, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241110849` · 11/21/2024 · FULSHEAR, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Body systems and other part(s) of body
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns and electrocution
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Limbs, branches unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** SMC Logistics, LLC
- **Location:** 8201 Harris Street, FULSHEAR, TEXAS, 77441
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing in a bucket truck, preparing to trim tree branches using a chainsaw. A branch was hoisted with a rope and when the employee cut the branch, it swung and pulled a power line toward him. When he saw the branch swinging toward him, he lifted his arm and the power line contacted his right underarm. The employee was shocked and fell into the bucket, losing consciousness. He was hospitalized with burns to his right underarm and right knee.

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