# Fractures at AM Communications, LTD
> OSHA SIR `2018055329` · 5/31/2018 · OAK HILL, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AM Communications, LTD
- **Location:** 4112 Jones Ave, OAK HILL, WEST VIRGINIA, 25901
- **NAICS:** 515210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a ladder to install cable television when the ladder collapsed. The employee fell with the ladder to the ground, suffering a laceration above the left eye, three broken ribs, and a fractured left wrist.

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