# Fractures at Northland Power Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032811` · 3/29/2023 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thoracic region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Structures other than buildings, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Northland Power Inc.
- **Location:** 2 Main Street, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14202
- **NAICS:** 221121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to secure a temporary power service enclosure during a windstorm. The wind caused the structure to fall on the employee, resulting in a  T11 vertebra fracture.

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