# Fractures at Westar Energy, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016010805` · 1/27/2016 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Westar Energy, Inc.
- **Location:** 3431 N. Hoover Rd., WICHITA, KANSAS, 67205
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a pole.  The employee was 10 feet up from ground level when the wooden pole broke.  The pole fell on the employee's leg, fracturing it between the ankle and knee.

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