# Fractures at Everhart & Hoover Power Line Construction Inc
> OSHA SIR `2019088647` · 8/21/2019 · SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Everhart & Hoover Power Line Construction Inc
- **Location:** 317 Mountain View Drive, SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18508
- **NAICS:** 221118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell to the ground while climbing a powerline utility pole, fracturing three ribs and requiring hospitalization.

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