# Fractures at Charter Communications, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212530` · 12/6/2018 · RENSSELAER, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet
- **Source:** Ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Charter Communications, Inc.
- **Location:** 831 Seventh Street, RENSSELAER, NEW YORK, 12144
- **NAICS:** 515210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A field tech was working on a ladder on a service call when the messenger cable broke causing the employee to fall 20 feet to the ground below. The employee sustained a fractured pelvis, elbow and shoulder.

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