# Third or fourth degree electrical burns at DUKE ENERGY FLORIDA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023098653` · 9/19/2023 · CLERMONT, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree electrical burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Drums, pulleys, sheaves
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** DUKE ENERGY FLORIDA, LLC
- **Location:** 13303 Sullivan Road, CLERMONT, FLORIDA, 34715
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out insulators and hardware on a lattice 230-kilovolt tower when he saw that the pin that was securing the V-string to the outside phase was falling out. He hooked up a chain hoist to stop it. While going down, the employee dropped the chain hoist, causing it to go by a 69-kilovolt line. He suffered an electric shock by induction, which resulted in third-degree burns on his finger, back, and buttocks.

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