# Fractures at Utility Plus, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020054241` · 5/6/2020 · HULBERT, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Utility Plus, Inc.
- **Location:** Sequoyah State Park, HULBERT, OKLAHOMA, 74441
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a bucket replacing an existing electrical pole. The employee became entangled in his lanyard. As he was untangling his lanyard, the bucket shifted. A powerline under tension and pulled around a jib frame, rolled up and off the jib frame as the bucket shifted. The power line acted like a rubber band and struck the employee. The employee was ejected from the bucket and fell about 32 feet to the ground. The employee suffered broken bones in both feet and a broken arm.

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