# Fractures at Carroll EMC
> OSHA SIR `2021010468` · 1/18/2021 · BUCHANAN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Towers, poles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Carroll EMC
- **Location:** Pope Lake Rd, BUCHANAN, GEORGIA, 30113
- **NAICS:** 221118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tending to an electrical pole when slack in the rope caused the pole to fall to the ground, bounce, and strike the employee in his left leg, resulting in a fracture.

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