# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Pinnacle Pest Management Service
> OSHA SIR `2023076454` · 7/19/2023 · CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
- **Secondary source:** Lightning
## Employer
- **Name:** Pinnacle Pest Management Service
- **Location:** Stonewater Lake Terrace, CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA, 33993
- **NAICS:** 561710
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After applying pest control chemicals, an employee was reeling in the hose on their truck when lightning struck the motor on the truck. The lightning traveled though the hose and knocked the employee to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with tingling in their left arm and tightness in their chest.

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