# Fractures at Penelec
> OSHA SIR `20241010057` · 10/29/2024 · ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Pickup truck
- **Secondary source:** Gates, hatches  vehicle and machine cargo
## Employer
- **Name:** Penelec
- **Location:** Altoona Water Authority Shop, ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA, 16601
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the back of a pickup truck helping to unspool wire from a large wire reel. The employee was exiting the truck, tripped over the elevated lift on the back of the truck and fell. As he was falling he jumped to avoid a partially lowered liftgate. His right foot landed on the asphalt and his left foot landed in a ground cable trench, resulting in multiple fractures to his left leg.

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