# Fractures at Ervin Cable Construction, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022032829` · 3/30/2022 · STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Ervin Cable Construction, LLC
- **Location:** 5709 North Western Road, STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA, 74075
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in a bucket truck to put up a cable for a new telecommunication line on a utility pole. The employee was trying to throw the line over the trees when the line got stuck in vegetation and the employee fell 20 feet from the bucket to the ground. The employee suffered a broken leg and back injuries and was hospitalized. Fall protection was not worn at the time of the incident.

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