# Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury at Charter Communications, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088602` · 8/21/2018 · LEE, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Charter Communications, Inc.
- **Location:** 495 Chapel Street, LEE, MASSACHUSETTS, 01238
- **NAICS:** 515210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a cable line on a pole when the pole snapped and the employee fell to the ground/pavement, injuring his shoulder, back, and hip.

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