# Fractures at WOODALL ELECTRIC, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2021054338` · 5/27/2021 · MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
- **Secondary source:** Rope, twine, string
## Employer
- **Name:** WOODALL ELECTRIC, INC.
- **Location:** P.O. BOX3038, 606 25TH STREET, MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI, 39303
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in a bucket truck attempting to lift a light pole using a rope and a winch. The rope broke causing the employee to fall from the bucket onto the truck. The employee sustained a fractured C-5 vertebra and a fractured shoulder blade.

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