# Electrical burns and electrocution at Star Electric Company of Texas
> OSHA SIR `2025054435` · 5/11/2025 · MIDLAND, 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:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Star Electric Company of Texas
- **Location:** FR Unobtanium 1411 101 HD, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79706
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the voltage in the disconnect from a transformer. The employee was shocked, suffering electrical burns to extremities.

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