# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Verizon
> OSHA SIR `2015074541` · 7/11/2015 · MOHNTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon
- **Location:** 200 Maple Grove Road, MOHNTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 19540
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dispatched to replace a telephone pole after a car accident. While removing the old pole, it snapped approximately 3/4 up causing that section to fall and strike the employee on the left shoulder. The employee was taken to the hospital with non life threatening injuries.

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