# Fractures at Wire Out Communication, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015031297` · 3/18/2015 · TREASURE ISLAND, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** High winds, gusts, turbulence
## Employer
- **Name:** Wire Out Communication, LLC
- **Location:** 127 Ave W. Gulf Blvd., TREASURE ISLAND, FLORIDA, 33706
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a 28-foot ladder when a gust of wind knocked the ladder off of the cable. The ladder has a hook at the end, and the employee had the ladder hook on the cable. The hook knocked his ladder off of the cable strand. He broke his leg.

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