# Fractures at Verizon New York, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20190910063` · 9/25/2019 · VERMONTVILLE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon New York, Inc.
- **Location:** Rural Road, VERMONTVILLE, NEW YORK, 12989
- **NAICS:** 517911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A wire used for towing wrapped around an employee's lower leg, breaking it. The employee was hospitalized.

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