# Electrocution, electric shock at Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025043948` · 4/28/2025 · KNOXVILLE, ARKANSAS
## 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:** Limbs, branches unattached
## Employer
- **Name:** Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation
- **Location:** Piney Bay Road, KNOXVILLE, ARKANSAS, 72845
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a bucket truck trimming trees from power lines using a hydraulic pole saw. While cutting a tree limb, the limb contacted the power line and the employee's left shoulder, resulting in an electric shock to the shoulder. The employee was hospitalized.

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