# Fractures at PPL Electric Utilities Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025032922` · 3/28/2025 · HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
- **Source:** Trucks with other mounted machinery, equipment  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle and mobile equipment parts  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PPL Electric Utilities Corporation
- **Location:** 344 S. Poplar St., HAZLETON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18201
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A 6-person crew was preparing to unload a pole from a digger derrick at the pole yard. A crew member was deploying one of the outriggers when the injured employee's right foot was caught between the outrigger and the ground. The injured employee was hospitalized with foot fractures.

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