# Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions at Flint Hills Rural Electric Coop Association Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020098969` · 9/22/2020 · COUNCIL GROVE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures (except skull fractures) and concussions
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Towers, poles, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Flint Hills Rural Electric Coop Association Inc.
- **Location:** tdb, COUNCIL GROVE, KANSAS, 66846
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A work crew was unloading a used 35-foot power pole to a residential site. The pole rolled off the digger derrick truck, fell approximately 30 feet, and landed on the injured employee. The employee was hospitalized for a concussion, a fractured shoulder and ribs, and internal injuries.

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