# Fractures at Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2017098708` · 9/11/2017 · MIDDLETOWN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Drilling machines, drilling augers
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc
- **Location:** 247 Shaw Rd, MIDDLETOWN, NEW YORK, 10940
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was auguring in a new pole on top of the digger derrick. The old pole cracked even more as it moved and falling telephone cables struck the employee on the chest knocking him about 10 feet to the ground. The employee sustained three fractured ribs.

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