# Fractures and dislocations at Charter Communications
> OSHA SIR `2020087826` · 8/18/2020 · PORT ORANGE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and dislocations
## Cause
- **Event:** Roadway collision-moving and standing vehicle on side of roadway
- **Source:** Highway vehicle, motorized, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Boom truck, bucket or basket hoist truck
## Employer
- **Name:** Charter Communications
- **Location:** US1 Flemming Ave., PORT ORANGE, FLORIDA, 32127
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance technician was inside the bucket of a bucket truck, which was on the side of the highway. The bucket was 20 feet in the air when the bucket truck was struck by a passing vehicle. The employee was thrown from the bucket to the ground and sustained a broken pelvis, fractured ribs, and a dislocated shoulder. The employee was hospitalized.

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