# Electrocutions, electric shocks at DELTA PLASTICS OF THE SOUTH, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018077407` · 7/22/2018 · STUTTGART, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Indirect exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** DELTA PLASTICS OF THE SOUTH, LLC
- **Location:** 3104 SOUTH MAIN ST., STUTTGART, ARKANSAS, 72160
- **NAICS:** 326122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the vacuum on a machine when he noticed that the water level was getting high in the slurry. He discovered that pellets were clumping together; when he tried to stir the water, he received an electrical shock caused by a wire that had shorted out. He suffered head and neck pain and was hospitalized.

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