# Fractures at Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
> OSHA SIR `2020098708` · 9/14/2020 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Movable ladders, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Floors, walkways, ground surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
- **Location:** 1718 West Nottingham Court, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67201
- **NAICS:** 517110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a residential service call. While descending a ladder he fell and broke his leg. He also sustained a fractured vertebra.

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