# Fractures at NYSEG
> OSHA SIR `2021119429` · 11/1/2021 · EAST AURORA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** NYSEG
- **Location:** 5140 Merlau Road, EAST AURORA, NEW YORK, 14052
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were climbing a utility pole to replace a wire. The pole broke and the employees fell, landing on the ground and suffering leg abrasions and fractures to the face, a left femur, and vertebrae.

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