# Fractures at Southwestern Power Administration
> OSHA SIR `2025043312` · 4/9/2025 · DARDANELLE, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slip or trip
- **Source:** Ground, travel, and support surfaces  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Dirt, earth, mud
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwestern Power Administration
- **Location:** Utility Transmission Line, DARDANELLE, ARKANSAS, 72834
- **NAICS:** 221113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking to leave the worksite, slipped on mud, and fell to the ground. The employee suffered a C5 vertebra fracture that required surgery.

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