# Electrocution, electric shock at KIOWA LINE BUILDERS INC
> OSHA SIR `2024076855` · 7/29/2024 · VANZANT, MISSOURI
## 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:** Derricks and related equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** KIOWA LINE BUILDERS INC
- **Location:** Rural Location, VANZANT, MISSOURI, 65768
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was retrieving material from the open bin of a digger derrick when the digger derrick contacted 7,200-volt primary electric lines. The employee sustained an electrical shock that went through his arms and exited his right foot.

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