# Fractures at CenturyLink
> OSHA SIR `2019010206` · 1/8/2019 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Step ladders
- **Secondary source:** Ground, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** CenturyLink
- **Location:** 931 14th Street, DENVER, COLORADO, 80202
- **NAICS:** 517911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was running wire while standing on a stepladder. The employee slipped and fell 4 feet to the ground, suffering a broken femur.

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