# Fractures at US Cellular
> OSHA SIR `2021042757` · 4/1/2021 · CHILLICOTHE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Climbing or stepping up or down-single episode
- **Source:** Bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Ladders, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** US Cellular
- **Location:** 15342 US-287, CHILLICOTHE, TEXAS, 79225
- **NAICS:** 517312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a squirrel's nest in order to install a router. The employee stepped down from the ladder to the ground and injured their right leg. The employee had surgery for fractured bones.

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