# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Willkomm Excavating & Grading, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022043193` · 4/11/2022 · MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Measuring handtools, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Willkomm Excavating & Grading, Inc.
- **Location:** Clover Lane & Silverspring Drive, MENOMONEE FALLS, WISCONSIN, 53051
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a grade pole to measure the grade in a trench box. As the employee was pulling the pole out of the trench box, the pole was blown into an electric line by a gust of wind, causing the employee to be electrocuted. The employee was hospitalized.

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