# Cuts, lacerations at Squan
> OSHA SIR `2021065277` · 6/29/2021 · ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
- **Secondary source:** Trees
## Employer
- **Name:** Squan
- **Location:** 409 Hazelwood Terrace, ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 14609
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 6/29/2021, an employee was climbing a wooden telephone pole using a safety belt and hooks when his foot slipped on the pole and he fell onto a branch, resulting in a cut to his neck.

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