# Fractures at United Electric Cooperative Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019088970` · 8/28/2019 · ALVARADO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** United Electric Cooperative Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 9622 Marianna Way, ALVARADO, TEXAS, 76009
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was framing a utility power pole when it rolled onto his right leg, fracturing his tibia and fibula.

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