# Fractures at Verizon Communications
> OSHA SIR `2017065624` · 6/20/2017 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Elbow(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon Communications
- **Location:** 347 Stuyvesant Ave., BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11233
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee climbed on a wood telecommunication service pole and was doing repairs when the pole broke. The employee fell to the concrete below and suffered a fractured elbow.

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