# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Duquesne Light
> OSHA SIR `2017088143` · 8/23/2017 · CLAIRTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Duquesne Light
- **Location:** 3803 Soltis Road, CLAIRTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 15025
- **NAICS:** 221121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a utility pole from the ground when it broke loose and struck the employee's back.

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