# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Marquette University
> OSHA SIR `2018021403` · 2/10/2018 · MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less
- **Source:** Vacuum cleaners
## Employer
- **Name:** Marquette University
- **Location:** 915 W Wisconsin Ave., MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, 53223
- **NAICS:** 611310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee turned on a vacuum cleaner to vacuum a second floor carpet and received an electrical shock in his foot that traveled up his leg.

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