# Electrocution, electric shock at Hamar Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024010989` · 1/17/2024 · FORT MYERS BEACH, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocution, electric shock
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Hamar Construction, LLC
- **Location:** 815 Buttonwood Drive, FORT MYERS BEACH, FLORIDA, 33931
- **NAICS:** 236118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing gutters. The employee's work ladder touched low-hanging electrical wires that were covered by trees, and the employee was shocked.

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