# Fractures at Jackson Electric Cooperative, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024109495` · 10/11/2024 · BAY CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back  thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level resulting from exposure or contact  unspecified
- **Source:** Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Jackson Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- **Location:** 2290 FM 2611, BAY CITY, TEXAS, 77414
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were using the boom of a digger truck to pull a power pole out of the ground. The extended boom broke away from the turret it was mounted on and dropped, causing the operator's seat to abruptly go up. The injured employee was thrown from the seat and landed on the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured T8 vertebra and required surgery.

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