# Fractures at AT&T Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191011319` · 10/29/2019 · JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level 11 to 15 feet
- **Source:** Extension ladders
- **Secondary source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** AT&T Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 11271 Cessa Lane, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, 32218
- **NAICS:** 517210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was climbing a 28-foot extension ladder to attach an aerial service wire to a communications pole when the pole snapped due to wood rot. The employee fell 15 feet to the ground and broke his left arm, requiring hospitalization.

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