# Fractures at Verizon NJ
> OSHA SIR `2017066026` · 6/26/2017 · KINNELON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon NJ
- **Location:** 469 Laurel Lane, KINNELON, NEW JERSEY, 07405
- **NAICS:** 517212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While on an extension ladder removing a cable drop, an employee fell approximately 12 feet off the ladder to the grass below, suffering a spiral fracture of the left tibia.

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