# Electrocutions, electric shocks at All Utilities and Excavating, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010237` · 10/3/2018 · PICKERINGTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** All Utilities and Excavating, Inc.
- **Location:** 9985 Diley Road, PICKERINGTON, OHIO, 43147
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. on October 3, 2018, an employee was guiding the butt of a wooden electrical pole, which was being lifted by the winch of a digger derrick. The employee's neck came into contact with the pole as it was being grabbed by the pole claws; the top of the pole moved into (or close to) overhead high-voltage electrical lines. The employee suffered a 69,000-volt electrical shock down the body and out his foot.

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