# Electrocution, electric shock at Alexis Painting, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109340` · 10/7/2024 · AUBURN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocution, electric shock
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Portable ladders and stairs  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Alexis Painting, Inc.
- **Location:** 1222 Tigers Tile Traill, AUBURN, ALABAMA, 36832
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 7, 2024, an employee was using a ladder to perform residential painting when the ladder contacted an overhead power line and the employee was shocked. The employee was hospitalized.

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