# Electrocution, electric shock at Sumter Utilities, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025021203` · 2/6/2025 · CHEROKEE, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocution, electric shock
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Sumter Utilities, Inc.
- **Location:** Near Echota Church Road at Birdtown Cemetery, CHEROKEE, NORTH CAROLINA, 28719
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

A crew was performing a pole change-out when the injured employee contacted a live underground cable. The employee sustained an electrical shock and was hospitalized.

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