# Electrocution, electric shock at Service Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `2024087731` · 8/22/2024 · REX, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocution, electric shock
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to electric arc
- **Source:** Switchboards, panels, fuses
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Service Electric Company
- **Location:** 6577 GA-42, REX, GEORGIA, 30273
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were replacing an overhead utility line switch with a new set of switchgear. The injured employee was tightening a bolt to complete the last step of the work when an arc flash occurred and the employee was shocked.

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