# Electrocutions, electric shocks at LSP Nursery, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171010272` · 10/26/2017 · MELBOURNE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts
- **Source:** Shovels
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** LSP Nursery, Inc.
- **Location:** 325 Atlantic Dr., MELBOURNE, FLORIDA, 32951
- **NAICS:** 111421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a shovel to remove sod when the shovel hit an underground powerline. The employee received an electrical shock.

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