# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Skolnik Industries, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016087584` · 8/13/2016 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Electric parts, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Skolnik Industries, Inc
- **Location:** 4900 S. Kilbourn Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60632
- **NAICS:** 332439
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was hospitalized after cutting into a live 480 VAC circuit and suffering an electrical shock.

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