# Electrocutions, electric shocks at United Salvage Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020077164` · 7/30/2020 · AKRON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Excavating machinery, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** United Salvage Company Inc.
- **Location:** 921 Hazel Street, AKRON, OHIO, 44305
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running an excavator with a grapple magnet. The magnet swung back and hit the cab and power box, and the employee was shocked.

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