# Fractures at Gudenkauf Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016065651` · 6/23/2016 · GRAFTON, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Towers, poles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Gudenkauf Corporation
- **Location:** Knotsville Road, GRAFTON, WEST VIRGINIA, 26354
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 25, 2016, at approximately 12:10 p.m., two employees were digging with hand tools around a main telephone pole when the push pole fell and struck one of the employees. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis that required surgery.

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