# Fractures at American Electric Power
> OSHA SIR `2020076988` · 7/24/2020 · SAN ANGELO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Trailers
## Employer
- **Name:** American Electric Power
- **Location:** 1129 Gateway Dr, SAN ANGELO, TEXAS, 76905
- **NAICS:** 221118
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing to fix a transformer that was placed on a trailer when he slipped. His foot got wedged and his left leg was fractured above the knee and required surgery.

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