# Electrocution, electric shock at MDC Waste and Environmental Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025043550` · 4/16/2025 · WALLER, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocution, electric shock
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to electricity  unspecified
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
## Employer
- **Name:** MDC Waste and Environmental Services, LLC
- **Location:** 0 Mathis Rd., WALLER, TEXAS, 77484
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was lifting a torque tube with an all terrain forklift when he struck a powerline and and sustained an electrical shock.

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