# Electrocution, electric shock at The Oscar W Larson Company dba OWL Services USA
> OSHA SIR `2024087939` · 8/27/2024 · STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocution, electric shock
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Electrical wiring building or machine
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** The Oscar W Larson Company dba OWL Services USA
- **Location:** Tarleton State University Parking Garage, STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS, 76401
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were adding wire pull boxes to two empty conduits. Employee 1 loosened a coupling on a conduit and opened it to check if it was empty. Wires were visible, so the employee went to close the conduit again. Wires in the conduit became pinched and a wire's insulated jacket was damaged. Electricity in the wire (277 volts), grounded out through employee 1 and he was unable to let go of the conduit. Employee 2 pulled employee 1 away and was also shocked. Both employees were hospitalized for electrical shock.

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