# Fractures at Fiber & Cable Specialists, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076834` · 7/21/2017 · SLIPPERY ROCK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Fiber & Cable Specialists, Inc.
- **Location:** South Main Street Intersecting Route108, SLIPPERY ROCK, PENNSYLVANIA, 16057
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was connecting a fiber optic cable on a utility pole when his spike kicked out and he fell approximately 15 feet to the ground, breaking his leg and requiring hospitalization.

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