# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Greg's Appliances and Sales
> OSHA SIR `2015096555` · 9/9/2015 · SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less
- **Source:** Refrigerators, freezers, ice makers
## Employer
- **Name:** Greg's Appliances and Sales
- **Location:** 2017 S Belt Highway, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64507
- **NAICS:** 423620
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking on a heater-type coil in a refrigerator/freezer unit in the basement of the facility. The employee was working on the unit with two alligator clips in each hand while possibly standing in water; the plug was 110 voltage. The employee sustained a possible electrical shock.

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