# Fractures at Chain Electric Company
> OSHA SIR `2015107998` · 10/26/2015 · RAYMOND, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Chain Electric Company
- **Location:** 6541 Raymond Rd., RAYMOND, MISSISSIPPI, 39154
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A lineman was in the process of repairing and reattaching a downed power line to a wooden utility pole. As the lineman was climbing the pole, the pole fell striking the lineman and breaking a leg in multiple places.

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