# Electrocution, electric shock at Duran Cable Tech, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024087443` · 8/13/2024 · BOYERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocution, electric shock
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity  unspecified
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Duran Cable Tech, LLC
- **Location:** 8 Rowell Road, BOYERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 19512
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was digging a hole for the placement of telecommunication lines. He contacted energized live parts within the transformer cabinet and sustained an electrical shock, primarily affecting his hands, and was hospitalized.

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