# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Sargent Irrigation, Company
> OSHA SIR `2018054976` · 5/21/2018 · GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
## Employer
- **Name:** Sargent Irrigation, Company
- **Location:** Grand Island Regional Hospital, GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, 68801
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dewatering the work site. A guy line on a drill came loose and knocked a live electrical powerline into the employee, shocking his forearm. He was hospitalized.

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