# Fractures at Verizon
> OSHA SIR `2018054535` · 5/10/2018 · CENTEREACH, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon
- **Location:** 4 Northview Ct, CENTEREACH, NEW YORK, 11720
- **NAICS:** 517210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was reattaching a telephone wire to a residential home when the ladder he was working from slipped out and caused him to fall approximately 8 to 10 feet to the ground. He sustained bruising, three broken ribs, a laceration to his forehead, and a sore thumb.

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