# Electrocutions, electric shocks at ELECTRIC BOAT
> OSHA SIR `2020021953` · 2/28/2020 · GROTON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** BODY SYSTEMS
- **Nature of injury:** Electrocutions, electric shocks
## Cause
- **Event:** Direct exposure to electricity, unspecified
- **Source:** Vacuum cleaners
## Employer
- **Name:** ELECTRIC BOAT
- **Location:** 75 Eastern Point Road, GROTON, CONNECTICUT, 06340
- **NAICS:** 336611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shocked by an industrial vacuum cleaner while using it to vacuum blasting grit. The employee was hospitalized.

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