# Fractures at Frontier Communications
> OSHA SIR `2018099386` · 9/11/2018 · GRANTSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nose, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall from collapsing structure or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Utility and telephone poles
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Frontier Communications
- **Location:** Rt 16, GRANTSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, 26147
- **NAICS:** 517210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee placed a ladder against a telephone pole, climbed up, and tied off to the pole with a climbing belt/rig when the pole broke at ground level and fell, pulling the employee down with it. The employee suffered a broken nose.

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