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Injured US soldier says he was shocked in shower (installed by KBR)

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Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) - An Army military police officer says he was knocked unconscious and severely burned by an electric shock in a shower trailer in Iraq.

Pfc. Justin Shults today said the shower was installed by the same contractor an Army criminal investigation has pegged in an electrocution death.

The 21-year-old soldier from Hamburg, Pa., says he suffered his injuries in October in a shower trailer that Houston-based KBR had delivered to his unit.

Shults, who's recovering in an outpatient unit at Fort Sam Houston at San Antonio, said in a telephone interview he has burns on his limbs and groin.

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Heather Browne with KBR says she's not familiar with the incident involving Shults. She said the company is committed to safety.

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