# Fractures at Cable One
> OSHA SIR `2020077185` · 7/30/2020 · INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Pelvis
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Utility and telephone poles
## Employer
- **Name:** Cable One
- **Location:** 524 S. 6th, INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS, 67301
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was descending a ladder that was against an electrical pole when the pole broke at the base. The employee landed on the ground and sustained a broken pelvis.

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