# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Averitt Express, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020087953` · 8/21/2020 · PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Fences, fence panels, gates, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Chains, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Averitt Express, Inc.
- **Location:** 301 International Trade Parkway, PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA, 31407
- **NAICS:** 493110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a chain to close a parking lot gate. The gate was connected to an electric fence; one of the electric guide wires touched the chain and the employee was shocked. The employee was hospitalized.

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