# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Sulzer Chemtech USA
> OSHA SIR `2017032294` · 3/13/2017 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Sulzer Chemtech USA
- **Location:** 1147 Cantwell Ln., CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78407
- **NAICS:** 325110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The employee was providing illumination to a welder that was welding inside a vessel by means of a miners light (hard hat attachment). An arc flash occurred and the employee was shocked.

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