# Fractures at Charter Communications, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019077744` · 7/29/2019 · CLERMONT, 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:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Charter Communications, Inc.
- **Location:** 581 E. Montrose St., CLERMONT, FLORIDA, 34711
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a communication main line drop from an extension ladder and fell 15 feet to the ground, suffering a fractured vertebra that required surgery.

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