# Fractures at PPL - Electric Utilities - Lehigh Region
> OSHA SIR `20171212109` · 12/21/2017 · SELLERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Gates
## Employer
- **Name:** PPL - Electric Utilities - Lehigh Region
- **Location:** Buxmont Substation, SELLERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 18960
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee exited his vehicle at a substation gate area. The vehicle drifted forward, pinning him between it and the gate. He was hospitalized with cracked ribs and leg lacerations.

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