# Fractures at Westar Energy
> OSHA SIR `2017099038` · 9/20/2017 · HAVENSVILLE, KANSAS
## 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:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Westar Energy
- **Location:** 204 Croy St, HAVENSVILLE, KANSAS, 66432
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was exiting the bucket of a bucket truck when he fell approximately 6 feet, striking an adjacent pickup truck and cinder block. He suffered a laceration to the left side of his head and broken ribs on his left side.

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