# Fractures at Verizon of Florida, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016032119` · 3/10/2016 · SARASOTA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon of Florida, LLC
- **Location:** 2455 12th St., SARASOTA, FLORIDA, 34237
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working from a mid-stand ladder that was hooked to a cable when the cable broke. The employee fell to the ground and suffered lower vertebrae fractures, requiring hospitalization.

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