# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Premiere South Roofing and Sheet Metal
> OSHA SIR `2019065888` · 6/11/2019 · SAINT AMANT, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Premiere South Roofing and Sheet Metal
- **Location:** 9176 La Hwy 22, SAINT AMANT, LOUISIANA, 70774
- **NAICS:** 423330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving an extension ladder from a house in order to load it back onto a truck. The ladder either made contact with an electric line or the electricity arced to the ladder and electrocuted the employee.

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