# Fractures at Arc American Inc
> OSHA SIR `2021021433` · 2/17/2021 · BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Towers, poles, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Arc American Inc
- **Location:** 2851 Country View Dr, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 70808
- **NAICS:** 335311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a power pole. He began transferring his primary safety to underneath a communication cable; his secondary safety had not clipped in and he fell to the ground about 15 feet below. He suffered a broken left wrist, a skull fracture at the base of the neck, and an injury to the left shoulder.

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