# Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified at Montana Dakota Utilities Co.
> OSHA SIR `2016076196` · 7/10/2016 · BOWBELLS, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Sprains, strains, tears, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Ground irregularity
## Employer
- **Name:** Montana Dakota Utilities Co.
- **Location:** 53801 North Highway 52, BOWBELLS, NORTH DAKOTA, 58721
- **NAICS:** 221118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking power lines using an extend stick when he stepped into a hole and suffered tendon damage in his left knee, requiring hospitalization.

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