# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Richard Stevedoring & Logistics
> OSHA SIR `2017088101` · 8/23/2017 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Lightning
## Employer
- **Name:** Richard Stevedoring & Logistics
- **Location:** 13069 industrial Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77015
- **NAICS:** 488320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were working on a barge near a dock. They were receiving steel plates from the pier using a shore crane when they were struck by lightning. Both were hospitalized.

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