# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at OZARKS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2023076264` · 7/14/2023 · SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level more than 30 feet
- **Source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
- **Secondary source:** Valley
## Employer
- **Name:** OZARKS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE CORPORATION
- **Location:** 21858 CR-95, SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS, 72764
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the bucket of a truck that was on a hill with its outriggers down and pads underneath. The employee was removing a branch from a powerline when the truck overturned causing the employee to fall approximately 45 feet into a depression or valley. The employee sustained a punctured lung and fractures to the ribs and pelvis.

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