# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at CO-MO Connect
> OSHA SIR `2019088888` · 8/27/2019 · TIPTON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** CO-MO Connect
- **Location:** Intersecton of State Highway F and FF, TIPTON, MISSOURI, 65081
- **NAICS:** 926130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and his crew were removing a broken power pole. The top portion of the pole was hung in a tree and still attached to the power lines. The crew was digging the bottom broken section out of the ground when they heard the top portion crack. The broken pole fell on the employee and injured his lower back.

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