# Fractures at Rise Broadband
> OSHA SIR `2017099242` · 9/26/2017 · FARMERSVILLE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Telecommunications and cell phone towers
## Employer
- **Name:** Rise Broadband
- **Location:** 16300 CR 558, FARMERSVILLE, TEXAS, 75442
- **NAICS:** 517919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the position of a radio tower when it began to collapse. He jumped off the collapsing tower and shattered his ankle.

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