# Electrical burns, unspecified at Standard Utility Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010296` · 1/10/2017 · FORT WORTH, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Standard Utility Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 4801 City Lake Blvd. East, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, 76132
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to locate an underground conduit by using a fiberglass duct rod with an attached copper wire. The rod came into contact with a ground bar inside a switch gear, causing an electric shock that burned the employee's shoulder and both feet.

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