# Electrocutions, electric shocks at BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
> OSHA SIR `2020098712` · 9/14/2020 · GRAND COULEE, WASHINGTON
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Backhoes, trackhoes
## Employer
- **Name:** BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
- **Location:** Grand Coulee-Foster Creek, GRAND COULEE, WASHINGTON, 99133
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was on a line crew replacing burned power line poles. The employee touched the backhoe boom and suffered an electric shock.

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