# Electrical burns and electrocution at Hoerr Construction, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025087710` · 8/5/2025 · PEKIN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Body systems and other part(s) of body
- **Nature of injury:** Electrical burns and electrocution
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity  unspecified
- **Source:** Switchboards, panels, fuses
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Hoerr Construction, Inc.
- **Location:** 3420 Court St., PEKIN, ILLINOIS, 61554
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 5, 2025, at approximately 8:35 AM, an employee was stubbing conduit onto a switchgear cabinet to install a bell end when they contacted a live component in the cabinet. The employee was shocked and sustained burns to their head, arms, and back, requiring hospitalization.

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