# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Watkins Construction LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109521` · 10/15/2023 · WEATHERFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Handtools-powered, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Watkins Construction LLC
- **Location:** Right of Way, WEATHERFORD, TEXAS, 76088
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just completed jeeping a section of 36-inch steel pipe with a holiday detector. The employee turned the holiday detector off and attempted to remove the spring. After he grabbed the spring, his forearm accidentally turned the machine back on, causing a tingle to his left hand. He began to feel unwell toward the end of the workday and was hospitalized.

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