# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Valmont Industries
> OSHA SIR `2020087900` · 8/20/2020 · SALINA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Parts and materials, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Cranes, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Valmont Industries
- **Location:** 1100 N. Ohio Street, SALINA, KANSAS, 67401
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A crane operator was moving a high-tension power pole. The top/spreader bar on a foundry hook made contact with the pole, causing slack in the crane cable. It disconnected, fell about 3 feet, and struck the employee's shoulder.

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