# Fractures at AT&T Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015063631` · 6/12/2015 · ALBANY, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Bees, hornets, wasps
## Employer
- **Name:** AT&T Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 601 Freeman Drive, ALBANY, GEORGIA, 31707
- **NAICS:** 517210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee who had climbed a ladder to service communication equipment on a pole 18' above the ground was attacked by wasps. During his rapid descent down the ladder, he lost his footing and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken leg and hospitalization.

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