# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Mammoet USA South
> OSHA SIR `2021086530` · 8/4/2021 · GEISMAR, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Mammoet USA South
- **Location:** 9604 Hwy 75, GEISMAR, LOUISIANA, 70734
- **NAICS:** 484230
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were transporting a cold box with a self-propelled modular transporter. As the load passed a power pole with a distribution transformer, the transformer arced onto a chain securing the load. The current traveled through the equipment and shocked both employees.

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