# Fractures at AT & T
> OSHA SIR `2020043081` · 4/4/2020 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Trip from stepping into a hole without fall
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Ground irregularity
## Employer
- **Name:** AT & T
- **Location:** 2416 SW Mission Ave., TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66614
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee carried an extension ladder to the work location and was raising it to a strand. He realized that the strand hooks were not extended, so he slowly lowered the ladder to extend the strand hooks. He then stepped into a hole in the customer's yard and twisted his ankle. He was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and had surgery.

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