# Fractures at M & M BROADBAND SERVICES, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017021845` · 2/27/2017 · SLIDELL, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** M & M BROADBAND SERVICES, LLC
- **Location:** 203 Redwood Street, SLIDELL, LOUISIANA, 70460
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While an employee was working on a utility pole to run a TV cable to a house, the pole broke and the employee fell about 15 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a broken left femur and a lower back fracture.

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