# Fractures at Woodruff Electric Cooperative Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2023054172` · 5/9/2023 · PALESTINE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Truck-motorized freight hauling and utility, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Woodruff Electric Cooperative Corporation
- **Location:** Lizzaclaire Farms, PALESTINE, ARKANSAS, 72372
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unloading a utility pole between two trailers when a second truck pulled forward. The truck hit a crossarm which then knocked the employee to the ground and the crossarm fell onto him. The trailer then ran over the crossarm, breaking the employee's ankles.

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