# Electrical burns, unspecified at WMT Housing, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018076634` · 7/2/2018 · BROXTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Overhead hoists-electric powered
## Employer
- **Name:** WMT Housing, LLC
- **Location:** 3100 Highway 268 West, BROXTON, GEORGIA, 31519
- **NAICS:** 321991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee received an electric shock from 480-volt electrical current while trying to place an overhead hoist back on its track. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the left index finger, left thumb, left wrist, and chest.

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