# Fractures at McKenzie Electric Cooperative, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010288` · 10/4/2018 · WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
- **Secondary source:** Derricks and related equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** McKenzie Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- **Location:** 3817 23rd Avenue NE, WATFORD CITY, NORTH DAKOTA, 58854
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a derrick digger truck to lift wooden power poles. A pole lodged partially in the pile while being lifted. It shifted direction erratically after being dislodged and bounced toward the employee, striking his right leg and breaking the tibia and fibula.

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