# Electrocutions, electric shocks at ABM INDUSTRY GROUPS, LLC  dba ABM Facility Services
> OSHA SIR `2020010065` · 1/3/2020 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** ABM INDUSTRY GROUPS, LLC  dba ABM Facility Services
- **Location:** 180 N. LaSalle, Suite 1700, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60601
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A window washer was on the roof of a building, preparing to start washing windows. When he attempted to plug a rig into an outlet, he received an electrical shock, afterward suffering numbness to an arm and a headache.

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