# Fractures at AT&T Wireless
> OSHA SIR `2019076733` · 7/3/2019 · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** AT&T Wireless
- **Location:** 155  Koehler Court, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, 78201
- **NAICS:** 517212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a 28-foot extension ladder that was leaned against a telephone pole.  While he was coming back down, the ladder shifted and he jumped to the uneven ground and landed on his feet. He fractured both ankles and was hospitalized for surgery.

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