# Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at V L Chapman Electric Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024032591` · 3/22/2024 · CHARDON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Boom truck, cherry picker
- **Secondary source:** Utility poles
## Employer
- **Name:** V L Chapman Electric Inc
- **Location:** 501 Fifth Ave, CHARDON, OHIO, 44024
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 22, 2024, an employee was working in the bucket of a bucket truck, about 20 feet above the ground, trying to remove a temporary power pole. The pole snapped and the employee was thrown, traveling 10 feet into the air before falling to the ground (for a total fall height of about 30 feet). The employee suffered broken ribs and a broken pelvis, as well as a punctured lung. Fall protection was being worn at the time of the incident, but the employee's lanyard was not tied off to an anchor point.

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