# Fractures at TDS Telecommunications Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20171111317` · 11/28/2017 · VERONA, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Step ladders
## Employer
- **Name:** TDS Telecommunications Corporation
- **Location:** 416 Pioneer Rd., VERONA, WISCONSIN, 53593
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On November 28, 2017, at approximately 11:00 a.m., an employee was installing telephone service in the basement of a residential customer. He was standing on the second rung of a fiberglass step ladder when one of the ladder hinges buckled, causing him to fall to the basement floor. He fractured his tibia and fibula, requiring surgery.

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