# Electrocutions, electric shocks at South Alabama Electric Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020054805` · 5/23/2020 · THOMASVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** South Alabama Electric Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 34301 HWY 43 N, THOMASVILLE, ALABAMA, 36784
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the voltage of an on-ground 150 kVA transformer when the transformer shorted out and shocked the employee. The employee was hospitalized.

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