# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Jan-Care Ambulance Service, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054623` · 5/12/2018 · BIRCH RIVER, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Jan-Care Ambulance Service, Inc.
- **Location:** Mill Creek Road, BIRCH RIVER, WEST VIRGINIA, 26610
- **NAICS:** 621910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On May 12, 2018, at approximately 9:30 a.m., an employee and a coworker were responding to a motor vehicle accident that had caused a down power line. He ducked below the downed powerline to provide assistance to the injured victims. His forehead then made contact with the energized power line, and an electric current entered his forehead and existed his foot. He was hospitalized.

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