# Electrical burns, unspecified at William Contractor Services
> OSHA SIR `2018021701` · 2/19/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Gutters, downspouts
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** William Contractor Services
- **Location:** 608 N Nagle, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 236116
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the third-story balcony of an apartment complex. He was pulling up a 25-foot section of gutter with a rope so that it could be installed. When the employee grabbed the section of gutter the end of it hit a power line. The electricity exited out of the employees left foot causing an exit-wound burn.

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