# Electrocutions, electric shocks at PAR Electrical Contractors, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022065173` · 6/15/2022 · STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
- **Secondary source:** Rulers, tape measures
## Employer
- **Name:** PAR Electrical Contractors, LLC
- **Location:** 7022 S. Country Club Rd., STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA, 74074
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing switches on 23-kilovolt circuits at an electrical substation. While trying to take measurements with a metallic tape measure, the employee was shocked and burned.

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