# Electrocutions, electric shocks at FENCE BUILDERS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2022098412` · 9/22/2022 · WALNUT RIDGE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Augers, plumbing snakes-power not determined
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** FENCE BUILDERS, INC.
- **Location:** 306 Eastwood Circle, WALNUT RIDGE, ARKANSAS, 72476
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 22, 2022, between 12:00 p.m. and 12:10 p.m., an employee was using a hand auger to dig holes to construct a new fence at a residential site. The auger struck an underground electric line and the employee received an electric shock and was hospitalized.

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