# Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified at COMCAST CABLE
> OSHA SIR `2015064011` · 6/23/2015 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** COMCAST CABLE
- **Location:** 8590 W TIDWELL RD, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77040
- **NAICS:** 517510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in ladder training.  He climbed 18 feet to the top of the pole. While coming down the ladder, the ladder turned and began to slide off the pole. The employee fell about 15 feet.

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