# Electrical burns and electrocution at Welter Forest Products, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024087928` · 8/27/2024 · RICHLAND CENTER, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Body systems and other part(s) of body
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns and electrocution
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity  220 volts or less
- **Source:** Power cords, electrical cords, extension cords
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Welter Forest Products, Inc.
- **Location:** 19717 St Hwy 80, RICHLAND CENTER, WISCONSIN, 53581
- **NAICS:** 321912
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the saw band and guide blocks on the resaw at the end of a shift. As the employee reached to change the guide block on the right side, they contacted the power cable for the photo eye and sustained a 110-volt shock from an exposed wire. The employee was shocked under their arm and on the right side of the body and sustained a burn.

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