# Electrocution, electric shock at Ohio Line Construction
> OSHA SIR `2024010155` · 1/8/2024 · LOUDONVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocution, electric shock
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Ohio Line Construction
- **Location:** 625 County Road 3374, LOUDONVILLE, OHIO, 44842
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing telecommunication lines using pre-fabs. During this task, the employee made contact with the power line directly above him and was shocked with 7200 volts. The electrical shock caused him fall to the base of the bucket he was in. The employee was hospitalized.

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