# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Merit Professional Coatings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032137` · 3/2/2018 · SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
- **Secondary source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Merit Professional Coatings, Inc.
- **Location:** James Museum, SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, 33701
- **NAICS:** 238320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was pulling cable down on a swing stage to roll it up when the cable touched a crosswalk pole and meter pole, causing an electric arc that shocked him. He was hospitalized.

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