# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Sage Telecommunications Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017076165` · 7/5/2017 · RIFLE, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Sage Telecommunications Corporation
- **Location:** 0787 County Road 223, RIFLE, COLORADO, 81650
- **NAICS:** 517919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a down guy-wire on an overhead cable TV facility when the tail of the wire contacted the overhead powerline. The employee received an electrical shock and was hospitalized.

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