# Fractures at Charter Communications, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019044086` · 4/22/2019 · LONGWOOD, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Charter Communications, Inc.
- **Location:** 670 W. S.R. 434, LONGWOOD, FLORIDA, 32750
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing up a 28-foot extension ladder to replace a cable wire when he missed a step, lost his balance, and grabbed onto a communication drop. The drop broke, causing him to fall  approximately 15 feet to the ground. He suffered two broken vertebrae and bruised his ribs and left shoulder.

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