# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Southern Electric Corporation of Mississippi
> OSHA SIR `2019066488` · 6/27/2019 · MIAMI, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
- **Source:** Road signs
- **Secondary source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** Southern Electric Corporation of Mississippi
- **Location:** 150 SW 22nd Road, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33129
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was preparing to pull in new electrical power lines with a rope when the rope became entangled in the base of a street sign, causing the sign to become loose and strike the employee in the back. The employee was hospitalized with a bruised left lung, cracked ribs, and bruised vertebrae.

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