# Fractures at Time Warner Cable
> OSHA SIR `2015041834` · 4/8/2015 · SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Time Warner Cable
- **Location:** 2006 Cardis Road, SCHENECTADY, NEW YORK, 12302
- **NAICS:** 515210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell approximately 15 feet from a fiberglass extension ladder while cutting a cable line at the mid line. The employee was wearing PFAS, but the positioning belt was not connected to the line. The employee sustained a broken collarbone and shoulder.

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