# Fractures at Brightspeed of Northwest Arkansas, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20241211485` · 12/11/2024 · MOUNTAIN HOME, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by dislodged or detached object(s)
- **Source:** Utility poles
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Brightspeed of Northwest Arkansas, LLC
- **Location:** Corner of 8th and Dryer Streets, MOUNTAIN HOME, ARKANSAS, 72653
- **NAICS:** 518210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were inspecting a broken telephone pole to remove it and attached the cable from the roadway. They removed the broken pole from the cable/strand so they could raise the cable/strand up and attach to a tree to gain clearance until it could be repaired. The injured employee cut the top (above the cable/strand) of the pole off and it fell to the ground in the roadway. They then moved that piece out of the roadway. This left a 6-foot piece still attached to the strand (below the strand) at about a 45-degree angle to the ground. When the remaining 6-foot piece was cut from the cable/strand, it broke and swung toward the injured employee, knocking him to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured skull and a fractured L5 vertebra.

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