# Electrocutions, electric shocks at KIOWA LINE BUILDERS
> OSHA SIR `2016010282` · 1/12/2016 · DREXEL, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** KIOWA LINE BUILDERS
- **Location:** 30121  Wolf Road, DREXEL, MISSOURI, 64742
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee building high-voltage overhead powerlines came in contact with 7,200 volts from a live jumper line. The employee was hospitalized for an electrical shock and burns.

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