# Electrocution, electric shock at Binkley & Barfield
> OSHA SIR `2024087508` · 8/15/2024 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocution, electric shock
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity  unspecified
- **Source:** Electrical wiring building or machine
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Binkley & Barfield
- **Location:** 302 West Rd., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77083
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was marking a private electric line. He opened an electrical box to install a tracer and came in contact with a bare electric cable. He sustained an electrical shock and was hospitalized.

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