# Fractures at Tri County Electric Cooperative, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017021897` · 2/28/2017 · AZLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Tri County Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- **Location:** 576-600 NW Parkway, AZLE, TEXAS, 76020
- **NAICS:** 2371
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was guiding two wooden utility poles supported by a winch when one pole struck a pole lying flat. This caused one of the two supported poles to shift, slip from the restraints, and fall striking the employee's right foot and fracturing a toe.

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