# Fractures at CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric
> OSHA SIR `2016076304` · 7/13/2016 · SOUTH HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric
- **Location:** 9301 Radio Road, SOUTH HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77587
- **NAICS:** 221119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working a trouble call for a low wire. He was working off a 25 foot pole when it broke and fell over. The employee fell to the ground while tied off to the pole and suffered a fracture in the upper left arm above the elbow and a hip fracture.

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