# Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified at Spectrum Communications
> OSHA SIR `20191011371` · 10/31/2019 · ATHENS, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck, caught, or crushed in other collapsing structure or equipment
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Spectrum Communications
- **Location:** 9875 Polar Point Loop, ATHENS, ALABAMA, 35611
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rehanging a line on a pole approximately 18 feet high. During high winds, a nearby tree broke and fell onto the feeder cable causing the top of the pole to snap below the transformer. The employee did not fall from the pole, but was struck by the pole or the transformer. The employee was hospitalized.

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