# Electrocution, electric shock at Tyson Poultry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025032216` · 3/8/2025 · WALDRON, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocution, electric shock
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity  unspecified
- **Source:** Electrical wiring building or machine
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Poultry, Inc.
- **Location:** 442 PLANT ST., WALDRON, ARKANSAS, 72958
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing an LED light fixture in the box room, and working to identify why it was not functioning. The employee sustained an electrical shock that resulted in a cardiac event requiring hospitalization.

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