# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Sterling Shipyard, LP
> OSHA SIR `2018088930` · 8/29/2018 · PORT NECHES, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Nonclassifiable
## Employer
- **Name:** Sterling Shipyard, LP
- **Location:** 906 Main St., PORT NECHES, TEXAS, 77651
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing MIG welding on the bottom outside part of a vessel when the employee appeared to be electrocuted, requiring hospitalization.

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