# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Pappas Barbecue
> OSHA SIR `2015074278` · 7/2/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Electrical wiring-building
## Employer
- **Name:** Pappas Barbecue
- **Location:** 9797 Westheimer, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77042
- **NAICS:** 722110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee cleaning a meat cutting table received an electrical shock on the right hand from a wire that was hanging from a thermostat under the cutting table.

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