# Fractures and other injuries, unspecified at Triad Associates
> OSHA SIR `2017021522` · 2/16/2017 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Telecommunications and cell phone towers
## Employer
- **Name:** Triad Associates
- **Location:** 3625 Halsted Road, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61101
- **NAICS:** 517212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a communications tower when his hand slipped while he was reaching for a cable grab. His fall arrest system failed to engage and he fell to the platform below, injuring his L1 vertebra, breaking his left ankle, and shattering his right heel.

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