# Severe wounds, internal injuries and electrocution, electric shock at Ireland Electric Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024087009` · 8/1/2024 · AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
## 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  unspecified
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Electrical wiring building or machine
## Employer
- **Name:** Ireland Electric Corporation
- **Location:** 2160 Mura Drive, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30906
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder troubleshooting an emergency light that was out in the ceiling. He removed a wire nut and a live wire sprung back, hitting his finger and shocking him. The employee jumped and fell off the ladder onto his back on the floor. He lost consciousness and sustained a head laceration and fractured vertebrae. He was wearing insulated boots and using insulated equipment.

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