# Electrocutions, electric shocks at Bureau of Prisons FCC Petersburg
> OSHA SIR `2019010644` · 1/18/2019 · PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, 220 volts or less
- **Source:** Electrical wiring-building
## Employer
- **Name:** Bureau of Prisons FCC Petersburg
- **Location:** P.O. Box 90026, PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA, 23804
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a ladder while working on a light. He had some wires in his left hand and a tool in his right hand. He was in the process of stripping the wire when he experienced an electric shock (220 volts) through his hand and fell off the 10-foot ladder to the ground, suffering bodily trauma. He was hospitalized.

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