# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Sandhills Utility Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191011367` · 10/31/2019 · FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple head locations
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle in work zone, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Automobile
- **Secondary source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** Sandhills Utility Services, LLC
- **Location:** Bldg. 2-6503 Butner Road, FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, 28307
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was working inside a barricaded area on a road replacing a broken electrical pole. A car broke through the barricade and contacted a fiber optic cable that was on the ground. The cable then struck the employee, throwing him into the road and dragging him approximately 27 feet. The employee sustained injury to the head and face.

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