# Fractures at Public Service Company of Oklahoma (AEP)
> OSHA SIR `2017043806` · 4/30/2017 · JAY, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Public Service Company of Oklahoma (AEP)
- **Location:** Field South of Jay, OK, JAY, OKLAHOMA, 74346
- **NAICS:** 221119
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a pole that had just been set in wet and muddy ground. The employee was making the second power line connection when the pole began to lean. The pole slowly leaned to approximately 10 feet from the ground then fell over with the employee still attached to the pole. The employee suffered broken ribs.

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