# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Evergy
> OSHA SIR `2022098460` · 9/24/2022 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## 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
## Employer
- **Name:** Evergy
- **Location:** 1425 N. McLean Boulevard, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67203
- **NAICS:** 335999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a pad-mounted transformer when he suffered a 7,200-volt shock. He was hospitalized.

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