# Fractures at Commonwealth Edison Company
> OSHA SIR `2016042773` · 4/2/2016 · LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Commonwealth Edison Company
- **Location:** 291 W. Deerpath Rd., LAKE FOREST, ILLINOIS, 60045
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On or about 4/2/16, an employee was unloading a utility pole from a truck when the pole rolled and struck his right leg below the knee, causing a compound fracture. He was hospitalized for surgery.

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