# Fractures at National Grid
> OSHA SIR `2020032685` · 3/23/2020 · HUDSON, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
- **Secondary source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** National Grid
- **Location:** Route 5, HUDSON, NEW YORK, 12534
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a 40-foot wooden pole. The employee was about 8-10 feet up the pole when his gaffs cut out and he fell to the ground; he suffered a fractured disc and a bruised leg.

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