# Dislocation of joints at Alabama Power Company
> OSHA SIR `2022087584` · 8/25/2022 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Dislocation of joints
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
- **Secondary source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Alabama Power Company
- **Location:** 424 Woodland Drive, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35209
- **NAICS:** 221112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a wooden power pole. He slipped and fell about 4 feet; his right gaff caught the pole and stopped him suddenly, causing his right knee to be dislocated.

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