# Electrocution, electric shock at Tampa Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `2025065383` · 6/6/2025 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocution, electric shock
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity  greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Switchboards, panels, fuses
- **Secondary source:** Wrenches, ratchets
## Employer
- **Name:** Tampa Electric Company
- **Location:** Green Pine Lane and Cross Creek Boulevard, TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33647
- **NAICS:** 221119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were preparing to replace a primary electrical cable. While two of the employees were working to remove the cable on one side of a switchgear, they came into contact with a wrench and the outside part of the switchgear. One employee suffered an electrical shock.

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