# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Xcel Energy Services Northeast Service Center
> OSHA SIR `2015118972` · 11/29/2015 · AMARILLO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Handtools-nonpowered, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Switchboards, switches, fuses
## Employer
- **Name:** Xcel Energy Services Northeast Service Center
- **Location:** Siesta Estate Mobile Home Park, AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79118
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the process of isolating voltage to the live front transformer in an ice storm.  He was attempting to install a load break device to dump the load and the insulated stick he was using arced from the switch attachment to the fiberglass stick.  The employee was shocked and admitted to the hospital.

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