# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Cimarron Telephone Co.
> OSHA SIR `2015062996` · 6/9/2015 · MANNFORD, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Cimarron Telephone Co.
- **Location:** Osage County between Oasage and Prue, MANNFORD, OKLAHOMA, 74044
- **NAICS:** 517911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a telephone pole when his gear lost tension and he fell, striking the top of a chain link fence. He severely injured his back. Adequate fall protection had not been provided at the time of the incident.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*