# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at THE ALTAMAHA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2018054915` · 5/20/2018 · REIDSVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** THE ALTAMAHA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION
- **Location:** Catherine T. Sanders Road, REIDSVILLE, GEORGIA, 30453
- **NAICS:** 221121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a bucket operating a chain saw to cut a tree limb that was laying on top of an electrical distribution line (7,200 volts, single phase tap). The tree slid off the line and the wire caught the employee, flipping him out of the bucket (approximately 20 feet) and onto the ground. He suffered a collapsed lung, broken ribs (left side), broken shoulder (clavicle), and fractured vertebrae.

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