# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Caviness Beef Packers, LTD
> OSHA SIR `2017065050` · 6/3/2017 · HEREFORD, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Caviness Beef Packers, LTD
- **Location:** 3255 W. Hwy 60, HEREFORD, TEXAS, 79045
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shocked with 480 volts of electricity on the left index finger while trying to activate a pump in the pump house, requiring hospitalization.

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