# Fractures at Cox Communications Gulf Coast, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2019054564` · 5/5/2019 · NICEVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet
- **Source:** Ceilings
- **Secondary source:** Floor, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Cox Communications Gulf Coast, LLC.
- **Location:** 612 Kathleen Ct., NICEVILLE, FLORIDA, 32578
- **NAICS:** 515210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A technician was working in a customer's attic replacing a cable line. As the employee pulled on the cable, he lost footing on the rafter and fell through the sheet rock ceiling to the carpeted floor 9 to 10 feet below. The employee was hospitalized with broken ribs.

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