# Severe wounds, internal injuries and electrocution, electric shock at WALSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2024098636` · 9/17/2024 · MARCELINE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Body systems and other part(s) of body
- **Nature of injury:** Severe wounds, internal injuries and electrocution, electric shock
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Switchboards, panels, fuses
- **Secondary source:** Handtools  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** WALSWORTH PUBLISHING COMPANY
- **Location:** 803 SOUTH MISSOURI AVENUE, MARCELINE, MISSOURI, 64658
- **NAICS:** 323110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee opened a 480-volt breaker box and reached inside the breaker box when an uninsulated tool came in contact with one of the legs, causing him to be electrocuted. The employee's arm also got caught on the box, resulting in breaks to both bones in the forearm.

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