# Fractures at Xcel Energy Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032179` · 3/10/2022 · FEDORA, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Xcel Energy Inc.
- **Location:** 137 SD-34, FEDORA, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57337
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing near a pile of power poles as they were being moved. The pile was disturbed and poles rolled toward the employee's leg. A pole broke the employee's lower leg.

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