# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at AVISTA CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2022108843` · 10/7/2022 · GRANGEVILLE, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** AVISTA CORPORATION
- **Location:** 201 E Main St, GRANGEVILLE, IDAHO, 83530
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A lineman was tied off at the top of a power pole, lowering a deactivated power line from the pole. The base of the pole broke and fell; the lineman fell approximately 40 feet, sustaining injuries to the hip and the side of his body. He was hospitalized.

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