# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Big River Resources, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017098851` · 9/15/2017 · JOY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Big River Resources, LLC
- **Location:** 101 N Washington, JOY, ILLINOIS, 61260
- **NAICS:** 493130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 9/15/2017, at approximately 3:10 p.m., two employees were in an articulating boom lift raising up along the side of a grain bin when they contacted overhead powerlines, receiving electrical shocks.

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