# Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. at Verizon
> OSHA SIR `2020054223` · 5/6/2020 · ROSLYN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Curbs
- **Secondary source:** Street, road, driveway-paved
## Employer
- **Name:** Verizon
- **Location:** 160 Dogwood Ave, ROSLYN, NEW YORK, 11576
- **NAICS:** 237130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a telephone pole. He backed up from the sidewalk and was stepping off the curb when he lost his balance. He tried to turn his body to catch himself when he landed face first on his side on the street. He suffered two fractured ribs and a bruised spleen.

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