# Fractures at PIKE ELECTRIC, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024098433` · 9/11/2024 · MIMS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  unspecified
- **Source:** Utility poles
- **Secondary source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** PIKE ELECTRIC, LLC
- **Location:** 4110 McCullough Drive, MIMS, FLORIDA, 32754
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was going to retire an old pole. While climbing the pole, the pole broke at ground level and the employee fell. The employee sustained a fractured left arm and three fractured ribs.

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