# Electrocutions, electric shocks at American Maplin Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20171111289` · 11/29/2017 · MCPHERSON, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Electrical wiring-building
## Employer
- **Name:** American Maplin Corporation
- **Location:** 823 S Bypass Rd, MCPHERSON, KANSAS, 67460
- **NAICS:** 333220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder helping to install new lighting fixtures inside a drop ceiling when the employee contacted a live bare conductor and received an electrical shock, requiring hospitalization.

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