# Fractures at E-J Electric Installation Co
> OSHA SIR `2015010266` · 1/8/2015 · FLUSHING, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, unspecified
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
- **Secondary source:** Derricks and related equipment
## Employer
- **Name:** E-J Electric Installation Co
- **Location:** 31-24 Farrington Street, FLUSHING, NEW YORK, 11354
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee used a derrick with a tong to unload a utility pole out of a storage area on the ground. The pole rolled onto the employee's leg as he tried to reorient the tong. The left fibula was broken.

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