# Fractures at Gudenkauf Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2015031144` · 3/11/2015 · ENTERPRISE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Gudenkauf Corporation
- **Location:** Pine Bluff Road, ENTERPRISE, WEST VIRGINIA, 26568
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After installing a new utility pole, an employee fell approximately 30 feet to the ground while climbing to the top. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra.

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