# Electrocution, electric shock at BBC Electrical Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024042992` · 4/4/2024 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## 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:** BBC Electrical Services Inc.
- **Location:** 9652 Bellefontaine, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63137
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving power lines at a transmission substation that tested as deenergized. When he picked up the ground line, he was shocked. When energized, the electrical line carries 3,400 volts.

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