# Fractures at Sumter Utilities, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024010191` · 1/9/2024 · HOPE HULL, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Trucks  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sumter Utilities, Inc.
- **Location:** Powerline Right- of- Way, HOPE HULL, ALABAMA, 36043
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 9, 2024, an employee performing powerline restoration was climbing onto a truck when he fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with a fractured right leg.

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