# Electrocutions, electric shocks at AUTONATION, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017032171` · 3/8/2017 · PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less
- **Source:** Welding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** AUTONATION, INC.
- **Location:** 8600 Pembroke Pines Blvd., PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA, 33024
- **NAICS:** 423110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was holding on to the valves of two cylinders of MIG welding gas on two adjacent welding machines and was shocked (110V) due to an internal short in one of the machines. The employee was hospitalized.

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