# Electrocution, electric shock at Swisher Electric Cooperative, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025077554` · 7/31/2025 · PLAINVIEW, TEXAS
## 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:** Boom truck, cherry picker
## Employer
- **Name:** Swisher Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- **Location:** 503 FM 2284, PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, 79072
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out load break switches while positioned on the ground next to a bucket. The bucket truck became energized by a nearby electrical line and the employee sustained an electrical shock via contact with the bucket truck.

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