# Electrocution, electric shock at Ameren Illinois - Sparta Operating Center
> OSHA SIR `2025076949` · 7/17/2025 · SPARTA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocution, electric shock
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity  unspecified
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Ameren Illinois - Sparta Operating Center
- **Location:** 906 Phillip Avenue, SPARTA, ILLINOIS, 62286
- **NAICS:** 221121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An Ameren lineman was making secondary voltage connections in a pad-mounted residential feed transformer. The lineman contacted an energized lead bushing, 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*