# Fractures at Riggs Distler & Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023065853` · 6/30/2023 · LANDENBERG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Riggs Distler & Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 512 Chesterville Road, LANDENBERG, PENNSYLVANIA, 19350
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was loading a wooden utility pole onto a digger derrick. A pole piece came free when it was under tension and swung into the employee's lower legs. The employee sustained three fractures to the left ankle as well as one right ankle fracture.

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