# Electrocution, electric shock at North Georgia Electric Membership Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024032310` · 3/14/2024 · SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocution, electric shock
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity  220 volts or less
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** North Georgia Electric Membership Corporation
- **Location:** 33 Middle School Road, SUMMERVILLE, GEORGIA, 30747
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 14, 2024, at 1:04 p.m., an employee was conducting a class for students showing how power moved through a city using an electrified model city. The employee was presenting from behind the display holding the activation switch in his left hand and a hot stick in his right hand. The employee reached over the top of the display with the hot stick to reposition a piece on the display and received an electric shock.

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