# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Armstrong Utilities Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019054679` · 5/8/2019 · BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Armstrong Utilities Inc.
- **Location:** 172 Dreher Road, BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, 16002
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder that was leaning against a pole to disconnect cable TV from a client's house. The pole the ladder was leaning on broke at the base and the employee and the ladder fell to the ground. The employee sustained four broken ribs and a bruised lung.

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