# Fractures at Gibson Technical Services Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025054529` · 5/14/2025 · BREMEN, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level from collapsing structure or equipment  6 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Utility poles
- **Secondary source:** Utility poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Gibson Technical Services Inc.
- **Location:** 844 Gravlee Junction Rd, BREMEN, ALABAMA, 35033
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed a pole approximately 22 feet above ground to install a fiber telecommunications cable. The pole broke approximately 1 foot below ground level while the employee was attached to it, resulting in him falling to the ground and landing on the pole. The employee suffered a fractured tibia.

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