# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Del Papa Distributing Company, Inc (Texas City)
> OSHA SIR `2019054816` · 5/11/2019 · GALVESTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Building materials-solid elements, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Lightning
## Employer
- **Name:** Del Papa Distributing Company, Inc (Texas City)
- **Location:** 9001 Seawall Blvd, GALVESTON, TEXAS, 77554
- **NAICS:** 424810
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping to set up a tent for an event and was holding a metal pole. A strong electrical current struck the metal pole due to a lighting strike. The injured employee had pain in his right arm.

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