# Severe wounds, internal injuries and electrocution, electric shock at HARTNETT ELECTRIC, INC
> OSHA SIR `2024087419` · 8/13/2024 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## 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  less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Switchboards, panels, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** HARTNETT ELECTRIC, INC
- **Location:** USF BSN BUILDING, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33620
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was on the fifth step of an 8-foot ladder using wire cutters to show two other employees which wire was still hot in the junction box. The wire cutter penetrated the wire sheathing and the employee was shocked. The injured employee began to fall backward off the ladder and the other two employees were able to cushion his fall. The employee sustained a broken pelvic bone on the right side.

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