# Electrocutions, electric shocks at High Country Line Construction Inc
> OSHA SIR `2023086982` · 8/2/2023 · OZONA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
- **Secondary source:** Electric parts, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** High Country Line Construction Inc
- **Location:** 11788 SH 137 Ozona Texas, OZONA, TEXAS, 76943
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the ground preparing to receive a wire stringing steel rope being flown by a helicopter. The employee grabbed the steel line and was shocked by electricity from the line on his right hand. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for nerve damage to his hand.

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