# Fractures at Time Warner Cable
> OSHA SIR `2016076594` · 7/20/2016 · LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Time Warner Cable
- **Location:** 3003 Orchard St., LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, 68503
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing cable lines at the top of a telephone pole. As he was climbing down the pole using the preinstalled pegs on the pole, he missed a step and fell 10-12 feet breaking both legs and an ankle.

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