# Fractures at ITC Service Group
> OSHA SIR `2015085670` · 8/11/2015 · FORT MYERS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 21 to 25 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** ITC Service Group
- **Location:** 9450 Carter Road, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 33905
- **NAICS:** 541330
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder conducting telephone cable maintenance with the ladder resting against the telephone pole. The telephone cable broke and the employee fell 23 feet onto the concrete below resulting in broken ribs.

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