# Electrocution, electric shock at Riggs Tree Service, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025087708` · 8/5/2025 · STRATFORD, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocution, electric shock
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Other plants, vegetation
## Employer
- **Name:** Riggs Tree Service, LLC
- **Location:** 21651 Hwy 177, STRATFORD, OKLAHOMA, 74872
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was clearing a right-of-way for utility lines when a small sapling was cut and fell, causing vines to pull a tree down and into power lines. The vines also became electrified and were contacting the employee's feet, shocking them. The employee became ill and experienced slurred speech and convulsions, resulting in hospitalization.

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