# Soft tissue injuries  unspecified at AEP Transmission Service Center
> OSHA SIR `2025088223` · 8/18/2025 · JUNCTION, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
- **Nature of injury:** Soft tissue injuries  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level  unspecified
- **Source:** Utility poles
- **Secondary source:** Chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** AEP Transmission Service Center
- **Location:** US 377 & Private Road, JUNCTION, TEXAS, 76849
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee, who was using a climbing device, was on top of an approximately 50-foot pole replacing an 8-foot crossarm. The employee's safety line was cut by a chainsaw, causing him to fall to the ground. The employee sustained soft tissue injuries to their cervical spine at C1-C2 and C2-C3, and a severe bruise to their right hip.

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