# Fractures at Charter Communications, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054438` · 5/7/2018 · SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Charter Communications, Inc.
- **Location:** 189 144th Ave., E., SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, 33708
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a 6-foot ladder while attaching a cable to a residential house soffit. The employee lost balance and fell to the ground, landing on their left side and fracturing a rib.

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