# Severe wounds, internal injuries and electrocution, electric shock at Krueger Electrical Contracting LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024076861` · 7/29/2024 · ALBANY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Body systems and other part(s) of body
- **Nature of injury:** Severe wounds, internal injuries and electrocution, electric shock
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Scaffolds, staging  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Electric parts  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Krueger Electrical Contracting LLC
- **Location:** 1 Crossgates Mall Rd., ALBANY, NEW YORK, 12203
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was up 8 feet on a platform when he cut into a live electrical circuit. He sustained a shock and fell to the ground. The employee's back was fractured.

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