# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Newport Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2016087469` · 8/10/2016 · NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Lamps, light fixtures
## Employer
- **Name:** Newport Hospital
- **Location:** 11 Friendship Street, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, 02840
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was changing the ballast above the tile in the ceiling space. He stripped a wire and cut it. While still holding the wire, his body came into contact with the metal grate that holds the ceiling tiles, and he suffered an electrical shock.

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