# Electrocutions, electric shocks at MUTI
> OSHA SIR `2016087935` · 8/23/2016 · LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
- **Secondary source:** Cutting handtools-power not determined, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** MUTI
- **Location:** 3300 N. 1st Street, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 68521
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing new utility lines. While cutting through an abandoned electrical line, he struck a live line and was shocked and burned, requiring hospitalization.

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