# Electrical burns and electrocution at Whisps Acquisition Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2024076185` · 7/10/2024 · ELGIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Body systems and other part(s) of body
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns and electrocution
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity  unspecified
- **Source:** Switchboards, panels, fuses
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Whisps Acquisition Corp.
- **Location:** 2585 Technology Drive, ELGIN, ILLINOIS, 60124
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in an electrical transmitter panel when they sustained an electrical shock. They fell to the floor and sustained burns to their right arm and leg.

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