# Fractures at CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS
> OSHA SIR `2016054711` · 5/28/2016 · EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
- **Secondary source:** Liquids, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS
- **Location:** 4495 Woodland Dr, EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN, 54701
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing broadband services at a private residence. While descending the wooden stairs of a walking path at the residence, the employee slipped on the wet surface and heavy vegetative growth, fracturing a vertebra.

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