# Fractures at Eversource Energy
> OSHA SIR `2021010128` · 1/6/2021 · SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Eversource Energy
- **Location:** 190 Summit Street, SOUTHINGTON, CONNECTICUT, 06489
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crew was replacing a utility pole when the rope holding communications cable to the pole was cut, causing the pole to fall and strike an employee in the ankle. The employee suffered a fracture to their right ankle.

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