# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Eversource Energy Service Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065215` · 6/8/2017 · WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Cutting handtools-powered, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Eversource Energy Service Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 63 Catherine Street., WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 01601
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a pneumatic tool to cut a gas line when he received an electric shock to his hands.

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