# Fractures at Verizon Communications Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016075987` · 7/5/2016 · FLUSHING, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Heel(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon Communications Inc
- **Location:** 164th Street and Crocheron Ave, FLUSHING, NEW YORK, 11354
- **NAICS:** 517210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee fell down a utility pole to the ground, breaking his heel and lacerating his hand. He was hospitalized.

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